Publisher/Bedford Arts

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"The Solitude of Ravens" is a photo collection by one of Japan's leading photographers, Masahisa Fukase. This is the overseas edition of "Ravens", a treasure that has made its mark in the history of Japanese photography and continues to be highly acclaimed worldwide. The "cats" he lived with were his own mirror, and the lonely "crows", disliked by many animals and humans, were also a projection of his ego. Fukase found in the "cats" and "crows" the "loneliness" he felt and the "freedom" he desired, and used them as motifs in his creations. The choice of subject as "crows", the style in which crows, which have strong negative impressions such as "evil", "ominous" and "filthy", are beautifully depicted as "messengers of God", and the documentary style that depicts the mind of the subject and even the photographer. This is a collection of works that could only have been achieved by Fukase, who always looked into his own ego and lived a lonely life. This work is a masterpiece among masterpieces, filled with many facets of expression and meaning, as if it focuses on many elements that are important to life, such as the sensitivity and freedom that can only be produced through solitude, loneliness and solidarity, the beauty that lies in ugliness, and new self-realization.