Masahisa Fukase by Tomo Kosuga (ed.) — French edition, ATELIER EXB 2018

This major monograph, published by Éditions Xavier Barral in 2018, is the first comprehensive volume to encompass the full spectrum of Masahisa Fukase’s radical and shape-shifting oeuvre. Released on the occasion of the FOAM retrospective in Amsterdam, following Arles 2017, the book maps out the Japanese photographer’s deeply personal and experimental trajectory beyond his iconic Solitude of Ravens.

Structured around 26 photographic series, it reveals the many lives of Fukase’s practice—from stark black-and-white prints to polaroids, from grotesque and intimate self-portraits to drawn-over photographs and theatrical stagings. Works such as Memories of Father, Bukubuku, and Berobero stand alongside the obsessive cat studies of Sasuke, blurring lines between mourning, humor, and performance. With texts by Simon Baker and Tomo Kosuga, this richly illustrated volume is a landmark in Japanese photographic history—documenting a lifetime of solitude, eroticism, and formal risk.

Technical Sheet
Title: Masahisa Fukase
Editor / Author: Tomo Kosuga
Contributors: Simon Baker (Foreword), Anne Testut & Corinne Atlan (Translators)
Date: 4 October 2018
Technique / Printing Method: Offset
Medium / Materials: Hardcover, Illustrated
Dimensions (cm): Approx. 21 × 29
Language: French
Pages: 416
Publisher / Editor: Éditions Xavier Barral
ISBN: 978-2365111775
Condition: NEW