Solitude of Ravens

Masahisa Fukase · first published 1991 · ISBN 9780938491231

Fukase photographed ravens for years, following them through seasons and years until this obsession became a kind of meditation. The black birds move through snow, bare branches, and water in images of extraordinary quietness. There's no narrative, no story to learn. Instead, the book is a sustained look at form, light, and the repeated gesture of a photographer returning to the same subject again and again. It's less a book about birds than about attention.