Masahisa Fukase

A first edition of Homo Ludence by Masahisa Fukase.

• Masahisa Fukase (Japanese).
• Tokyo: Chuo-Koron-sha, 1972.
• Quarto.
• Black and white photographs.
• Texts by Inada Nada and Yamagishi Shoji in Japanese and English.
• White endpapers, white paper-covered boards, titles in black, dust-jacket printed in purple and black, publisher's white wraparound band printed in black.

Homo Ludence contains six of Fukase’s early photographic series: Slaughter, Congratulation, Frolic, Memento, Mother, and Music.

In his afterword, Yamagishi Shoji writes: ‘Generally speaking, modern formativism has greatly influenced most photography and accounts for its "reportage" quality. That type of photography emphasizes the cameraman’s viewing rather than viewed position. In sharp contrast, for the last decade, Fukase has stressed photographic reality by revealing himself physically and metaphysically.’

It was published as number 4 in the important Eizo no Gendai 10-volume series of monographs by contemporary Japanese photographers.