Ravens

2017. 148 pages. Book measures 10.25 x 10.25 inches. Debossed linen bound hardback, housed in a silkscreened slipcase.148 pages. 80 tritone plates, 13 color plates. Still sealed in publisher’s original shrink warp. 

Consistently proclaimed as one of the most important photobooks in the history of the medium, Ravens by Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase was first published in 1986 and the two subsequent editions were both short print runs that sold out immediately. This bilingual facsimile of the first edition contains a new text by founder of the Masahisa Fukase Archives, Tomo Kosuga. His essay locates Ravens in Fukase’s wider work and life, and is illustrated with numerous recently discovered photographs and drawings. 

Condition: New / Sealed in publisher’s shrink wrap.