Masahisa Fukase - Sasuke

Masahisa Fukase
Sasuke

Published by Atelier EXB, 2021
Size: 26 x 19 cm
192 Pages
Hardcover
Languages: French

In 1977, Fukase turned his lens on his new companion: Sasuke. Surrounded by felines since childhood, he decided with the arrival of this new kitten to make it a photographic subject in its own right, fascinated by this lively creature named after a legendary ninja. To his great dismay, Sasuke disappeared after about ten days and the photographer posted about a hundred posters of his lost cat (those featured on the cover of the book) around his neighborhood. Someone brought him their cat, but it wasn't Sasuke, no matter, he welcomed her with just as much affection. A year later, he took on a second cat, nicknamed Momoe, who also entered the frame. Fukase never tired of photographing their games, which became a veritable field of limitless visual experimentation. This is, 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, later represented by the emblematic fleeing crows.
His cats were the subject of several books during his lifetime. Tomo Kosuga, director of the Fukase Archives, delved back into this body of images to design this book as the culmination of a series of publications dedicated to his felines.
- Editor's text