16. gennaio 2023

Yukihiro Takahashi died in Karuizawa on Jan. 11, because of an aspiration pneumonia. He previously revealed that he underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor in 2020. He was 70. Takahashi, who was born in Tokyo, launched his career in the early Seventies, performing with his brother, Nobuyuki Takahashi, in the band Buzz and glam-rock group Sadistic Mika Band that....

07. luglio 2015

There is a dark, brooding beauty in these images that is singular and affecting. In The Solitude of Ravens, Fukase found a subject that reflected his darkening vision, and he pursued it with obsessive relentlessness. It remains his most powerful work, and a kind of epitaph for a life that has been even sadder and darker than the photographs suggest. Ravens have long stood as a symbol of power in Japanese mythology, but these days they tend to be seen more as a powerful nuisance. While their...

21. febbraio 2015

During my sojourns in Japan i realised that the Japanese culture's relationship with nature is that of harmony with nature. The Japanese people respect nature and don't attempt to manage or control nature but instead, they feel a spiritual bond with nature and this is evident through various practices. For example, Japanese gardening, such as rock gardens, express their belief in living harmoniously with nature. Such appreciative origins date back to the beliefs of ancient Shinto, a widely...