Sasuke - Masahisa Fukase
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Masahisa Fukase has loved cats all his life. This book is the definitive collection of photos of Sasuke, the main character of Fukase's cat photos, and his sister Momoe.
This newly created book, from photo selection to editing, transcends the genre of cat photography and positions "Sasuke'' as the core of Fukase's work development.
In addition, we will unravel the many photographic expressions explored through "Sasuke" - the pure experience gained from knowing the subject and the customer, and the perception that combines visual and tactile senses.
A photo book that provides an important perspective on the world of Masahisa Fukase's works.
At the end of the book, the text "Pure Experience Called Love'' by Tomo Kosuga is included.
?gI have been taking many photos over the past year while crawling on my stomach at cat's eye level, so I have become a cat. Taking photos while playing with whatever I like in the midst of nature is a happy process. Instead, I wanted to capture the love of a cat while reflecting in its eyes. So this photo book could be called a "self-portrait'' of myself in the form of Sasuke and Momoe.''
From Masahisa Fukase's "Cat's Straw Hat'' (Bunka Publishing Bureau, 1979) (Author)
About the author
Masahisa Fukase
Born in 1934 in Bifuka-cho, Nakagawa-gun, Hokkaido. Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Department of Photography. After working at Nippon Design Center and Kawade Shobo Shinsha, he became independent in 1968. Starting with his participation in the historical Japanese photography exhibition "New Japanese Photography" held at MoMA in the United States in 1974, he has exhibited at numerous exhibitions around the world. In 1992, he suffered brain damage due to an unexpected accident and passed away in 2012 after a 20-year battle with the disease. He passed away at the age of 78. His representative work "Raven'' is highly acclaimed around the world as a monument of Japanese photography. Thanks to the work of the Masahisa Fukase Archives, which was established after his death, in 2017, the first major retrospective exhibition after his death, "l'incurable ?go?ste,'' was held at the Arles International Photography Festival in France. In 2018, his first retrospective exhibition in Japan, ?gYugi,?h was held at KYOTOGRAPHIE in Kyoto. In the same year, the museum's first retrospective exhibition, "Private Scenes,'' was held at Foam in the Netherlands. Coinciding with the event, the photo book "Masahisa Fukase" (Japanese version published by Akaakasha, English and French versions published by Editions Xavier Barral) was published, which is a collection of the works that Fukase had created over the course of his life.
Tomo Kosuga
Born in 1983 in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founder and director of Masahisa Fukase Archives. Started researching Fukase's works around 2000. After Fukase's death, he established the Fukase Masahisa Archives in 2014 at the request of his family. In addition to archiving activities, he is also responsible for curating Fukase's exhibitions, editing publications, and writing commentary. As an art producer, he plans and produces various exhibitions, and as a writer specializing in photographic expression, he contributes information on the current state of Japanese photography to various media. Exhibitions that he has been involved in curating or co-curating include Masahisa Fukase's "Private Scenes" (Foam, Netherlands, 2018), Masahisa Fukase's "l'incurable ?go?ste" (Arles International Photography Festival, France, 2017), Masahisa Fukase's "Irredeemable Egoist" (Diesel Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2015), and many others. He is the author of "Masahisa Fukase'' (Japanese version from Akaakasha, English and French versions from Editions Xavier Barral). He is broadcasting every day on the YouTube channel "Tomokosuga Wordless Dialogue", which considers photographic expression.
Publisher: Akakasha (2021/9/10)
Release date: 2021/9/10
Language: Japanese
Book: 192 pages
ISBN-10: 4865411364
ISBN-13: 978-4865411362
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