Sasuke. French version.
Xavier Barral| N° d'inventaire | 23912 |
| Format | 19 x 26 |
| Détails | 187 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | nine |
| ISBN | 9782365112901 |
A world-famous Japanese photographer, notably thanks to his cult book The Solitude of Ravens (1986), Masahisa Fukase turned his lens on his new companion in 1977: his cat Sasuke.
Surrounded by felines since childhood, Fukase decided with the arrival of this new kitten to make it a photographic subject in its own right. He takes it everywhere with him and, in an almost long-term experimental form, explores a new practice: "That year, I took a lot of photos crawling on my stomach to be at eye level with a cat and, in a way, it made me a cat. It was a work full of joy, taking these photos while playing with what I liked, in accordance with the changes in nature." Taking advantage of this lively model, Fukase creates, as usual, a photograph extraordinary in its technical and visual inventiveness. A year later, he welcomed a second cat, nicknamed Momoe, who also entered the frame: "I didn't want to photograph the most beautiful cats in the world but rather capture their charm in my lens, while reflecting myself in their pupils. One could rightly say that this collection is in fact a "self-portrait" for which I took the form of Sasuke and Momoe." Because it is indeed here, as is often the case in his work, a form of projection of the photographer into his subject. The cat, a faithful companion who never leaves him, takes the place of his wife, eternal heartache, also represented by the emblematic fleeing crows. This book closes the series of publications dedicated to his cats and begun in 2015 with Wonderful days (Roshin books, Japan).
A world-famous Japanese photographer, notably thanks to his cult book The Solitude of Ravens (1986), Masahisa Fukase turned his lens on his new companion in 1977: his cat Sasuke.
Surrounded by felines since childhood, Fukase decided with the arrival of this new kitten to make it a photographic subject in its own right. He takes it everywhere with him and, in an almost long-term experimental form, explores a new practice: "That year, I took a lot of photos crawling on my stomach to be at eye level with a cat and, in a way, it made me a cat. It was a work full of joy, taking these photos while playing with what I liked, in accordance with the changes in nature." Taking advantage of this lively model, Fukase creates, as usual, a photograph extraordinary in its technical and visual inventiveness. A year later, he welcomed a second cat, nicknamed Momoe, who also entered the frame: "I didn't want to photograph the most beautiful cats in the world but rather capture their charm in my lens, while reflecting myself in their pupils. One could rightly say that this collection is in fact a "self-portrait" for which I took the form of Sasuke and Momoe." Because it is indeed here, as is often the case in his work, a form of projection of the photographer into his subject. The cat, a faithful companion who never leaves him, takes the place of his wife, eternal heartache, also represented by the emblematic fleeing crows. This book closes the series of publications dedicated to his cats and begun in 2015 with Wonderful days (Roshin books, Japan).