Masahisa Fukase (深瀬 昌久 Fukase Masahisa, born 1934) is a renowned Japanese photographer.[1]
The freshness of Fukase's photographs of his family and his bride, shown in numerous exhibitions and magazines brought considerable attention; these were collected in his second book, published in 1978.
The most highly regarded of Fukase's photobooks, and the last that he supervised, is Karasu (or The Solitude of Ravens). Shot in Hokkaidō in 1976 in the wake of his divorce, the gloomy and emotional photos are a sharp contrast to his earlier works.
Fukase was able to enjoy little of the success from this book as in 1991 he fell down a flight of stairs while intoxicated and into a coma in which he remains today (2009).
Books
- Yūgi (遊戯) / Homo Ludence. Eizō no Gendai 4. Tokyo: Chūōkōronsha, 1971.
- Yōko (洋子) / Yoko. Sonorama Shashin Sensho 8. Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1978.
- Biba! Sasuke (ビバ！ サスケ). Tokyo: Pet-Life-sha, 1979.
- Sasuke, itoshiki neko yo (サスケ、いとしき猫よ). Tokyo: Seinen-shokan, 1979.
- Neko no mugi wara boshi (猫の麦わら帽子). Tokyo: Bunka Shuppankyoku, 1979.
- Kūkai to Kōyasan (空海と高野山, Kūkai and Mount Kōya). Nihon no Seiiki 2. Tokyo: Kōsei Shuppansha, 1982. ISBN 4-333-01042-X.
- Karasu (鴉, Ravens). Yokohama: Sōkyūsha, 1986.
- The Solitude of Ravens: A Photographic Narrative. San Francisco: Bedford Arts, 1991. ISBN 0938491237. US version of the Japanese work.
- Chichi no kioku (父の記憶) / Memories of Father. Tokyo: IBC, 1991. ISBN 4871988333.
- Fukase Masahisa (深瀬昌久) Nihon no Shashinka 34. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1998. ISBN 4-00-008374-0.
- Kazoku (家族, Family). Tokyo: IBC, 1991. ISBN 4871988325.
- Bukubuku. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2004.
- Fukase Masahisa (深瀬昌久) Hysteric Twelve. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2004.
- Karasu (鴉) / The Solitude of Ravens. Tokyo: Rat Hole Gallery, 2008. Reprint of the 1986 book, with afterword in Japanese and English.
Notes
- ^ Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers (Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000; ISBN 4-473-01750-8). (Japanese) Despite the alternative title, in English only.
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