Definitely!

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Obsessed with this guy...thank you

I appreciate your channel Tatiana ! Your explanations are clear, it is so important as photographer to understand how and why we shoot ! Thank you for your work

great video. I learned so much tonight. thank you!!! :)

I'm a bit disappointed that Christopher Nolan didn't make Paris fold in on itself in real life and used CGI instead.

Terrific mini documentary you did hear on a fascinating photographer. Sometimes I think if wasn't for the internet, we wouldn't known about photographers Masahisa Fukase. His life story reminds me fo the 1989 Japanese film 'Black Rain' (not the one starring Michael Douglas) about a Japanese family trying to remain true too the social mores of the time, even after their world has suffered a devastating loss. The photo at 2:56 is a personal favorite. The cat singing in time with the singer on television is priceless. As with late poet Edgar Allan Poe, Fukase seems to embrace melancholia the same way one embraces a lover. It's unfortunate Masahisa Fukase photographic career ended the way it had, but to quote an old military saying, 'if sailor/solider thinks they're going to die, they will find some way to make if happen'. His look at the world towards the end was amazing.

Thank you Hopper for another beautiful video.

Anne Briggs? Lovely.

Photography on review, not the gear... I hope a good photography school makes you an offer for your fine work.

Beautiful video❤

Thanks again for a beautifully produced and thought provoking video. Why people think like that I don’t know. I mean you could say that about people who engage in activities where they actually risk their lives but photography as a death wish is about as realistic as accountancy. Are photographers more likely to be alcoholic misanthropes? Is it just Japanese photographers? Is it to do with the war, or growing up in a cold, isolated place like Hokkaido? I think he was a photographer who had a certain personality that drove his photography in a certain direction. He wanted to use photography almost purely as self expression and maybe a way to document his understanding of his culture, the failure of ideas and technology to improve the world. Rather than destroying it, if anything, photography probably saved his life and gave it a meaning he could live with. He fell down because of alcohol. If he’d been a heavy smoker who died of cancer no one would have thought of saying photography destroyed his life.

Very interesting and stimulating. Appreciate your work. Regards.

Well done. Tatiana, one of your best.

this is the first time I've cried over an KZbin video, excellent work Tatiana!

I frankly had no idea with the body of works of Masahisa Fukase. My latest works of photography feels home for me with the works of Fukase, Morimaya, Winogrand, Mary Ellen Mark, Cohen, and Meyeroitz. And then therese my acquaintance from high school I went back on Guam in 2011 to 2014. Making pictures of people without consent is my photography style I actually felt the most comfortable with. My discomfort comes way more on how people getting self-concious rather than me being anxious entirely. I would my photograph my journey as "His Little Way" to give back to the community and the metro Seattle. I really dedicated my style and body of work as a street photographer to Alexandra's black one-piece bathing suit! People will not understand my current body of work with my camera; but she once told me to hold my head high. This shoot was photographer portrait photographer while still living on Guam. But the way that she came out on these shoots; has my mind rent-free. So much things that I cannot properly explain. I might be starting to hear the electrical noise on electrical lines with my pumping heart... The combination of the vibes of Serial Experiments Lain, Mary Ellen Mark, and Alexandra's Black Bikini shoots has me decided not to pursue the traditional portrait and client photoshoots! While photographing the homeless and the mentally ill on the streets in Downtown Seattle often.

Wow. That was a stunning episode, solidly written and composed to frame some awesome images. The highlight for me was the images from the Solitude series, which I didn't read as depressive (although Fukase obviously was) but inspiring, because despite his state, he was able to produce his most compelling work. Not exactly surprising that he was derailed by alcohol and stairs, but to linger for that long afterwards, seems so random. Or did his "revenge play against life" with photography in wishing to "stop the world" inspire life to exact it's own revenge against him, and make him almost like a static image with a 20 year coma? 😕

Really love his crow and bathtub images, this was a good one to follow along to

Another wonderfully interesting video, thanks Tatiana! I didn't know anything about Fukase, nice to discover his work and story.

Great video. Thanks for sharing it!

That intro song is a agonizingly close to binary sunset, like a single note away. Almost hurts not to hear it go to that note.

your videos are fantastic, thanks for making them.

Excellent work. Love to learn about these photographers.

This was so well done - I’m even - dare I say it? Interested in today’s sponsor…

This resonates with me so deeply. My narcissistic ex-girlfriend told me before I left her 4 years ago and destroyed my life that "your camera is creating distance." Even though at the time my lens was primarily pointed at her to capture and show her the beauty I saw and to capture our moments together. I asked her after I left her what she meant and why she said it and she said she didn't know, that she loves photographers and that he current boyfriends were so jealous of the photos I made of her... It's been years and it's like I am addicted to the poison that she is, but at least I am back in college, even though I am 39, and one year through the commercial photography program. I want an MFA or a PHD eventually. It is true I am in love with photography, I too went through a phase in 2021-22 when I was photographing the massive murders of crows over Portland Oregon. There would be hundreds if not thousands of them flying in massive black clouds over the Willamette River to sleep in the trees along the waterfront. The cacophony of cawing was so loud as they settled into their branches.

Well done, T! ❤

Your videos are a breath of fresh air in contrast to all the gear reviews on KZbin.

Excellent episode Tatiana !❤

Though I have never heard of him before I'm very impressed with his body of work, however I'm saddened to see how his last days were spent. Thank you Tatiana for the introduction to his work and another excellent video. ❤😎

I’m always in awe of the videos you put out!! The photographers that you showcase and their art. This one is one of your best!!!! I’ve never heard of this gentleman or really 70% of the artists that you enlighten me with. But I’m so glad that you do!!! Thank you so very much and I hope that you will continue to do so! Best wishes always!!!!!

Photography didn't destroy his life. Photography was his life.

This was a great video. Thanks for doing these. I appreciate them greatly and assume many other people do!

Will you make a video of Araki? Even though he's somewhat controversial I think his life's work is worth covering. Moriyama Daido is another photographer definitely worth a close look.

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Fantastic story! Thank you very much for that 🤩

Thank you for this very interesting and well made video. I am not that familiar with Fukase's work but am inspired to explore it. The quotations about Fukase are especially nice.

Thank you for a fascinating video. Wonderful. RS. Canada

This was beautifully artistic in itself

Thank you for a fascinating video. Wonderful. RS. Canada

Very fascinating. Taking into account the total symbology/archetype of ravens in Japanese culture, it seems appropriate he sub- consciously chose ravens as an arcatypical running theme. Carl Jung would be proud.

Great video, thanks! greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina

Great video. Eugene Smith has always ranked - in my view - amongst the finest 3-4 photojournalists

Thank you so much. this is my favourite piece you have made. Wonderful.

Beautiful work Tati, thank you for sharing.

One of the more intriguing photographers I’ve seen on your channel. My type of photographer; can’t believe I’ve never heard of him before 😲

Great video. Yes, some colleagues went through a complex and painful life, not always for been photographer, no matter what they have done for paying the bills. I agree with you, photography was a lifeboat in his own way.

Both beautiful and sad ❤ great video as usual x

Thanks for introducing me to a photographer with whom I was not familiar.

Fascinating. Thank you.

I have a personal question, I've been told that I should have a written statement introducing my essays "photo series" for people to read about the "back" story of the images. I have been reluctant to do so as I want the viewer to interact the images on a personal level related to their life experiences emotions, not to try and see them from "my" perspective. What is your recomendation thank you for stepping outside the lines on this but with your obvious talent at story telling and photography your thoughts are of value to me