The Book as Studio as an Idea as an Object

Victor Sira Is a Venezuela-born artist/photographer whose work has been the recipient of numerous fellowships, including the Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. He curated the show Photography Book Dummies at the School of International Center of Photography. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions, including the Rencontres d’Arles 2005 and the show De l’Europe in Luxemburg 2007. Sira is on the faculty at the ICP-Bard MFA Advanced Photographic Studies Program in New York, where he teaches the course The Book: Imaginary Studio, A Non Stop Process.

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“bukubuku” by Masahia  One of Post-war Japan’s pre-eminent photographers, Masahisa Fukase (of “The Solitude of Ravens” fame) presents here an unique series of self-portraits taken in his bathtub with an underwater camera. This work was originally shown in a 1992 exhibition, after which Fukase ceased his photographic activities due to an accident. It is his last photobook ever published.

“bukubuku” by Masahia  One of Post-war Japan’s pre-eminent photographers, Masahisa Fukase (of “The Solitude of Ravens” fame) presents here an unique series of self-portraits taken in his bathtub with an underwater camera. This work was originally shown in a 1992 exhibition, after which Fukase ceased his photographic activities due to an accident. It is his last photobook ever published.

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  1. shiorikawasaki reblogged this from thebookstudio and added:
    異端児、深瀬昌久氏の最期の写真集「ブクブク」は遊び心に溢れつつもどこか切ない気持ちにさせる一冊。それはきっと彼の写真をもっと見たかったからに違いない。 thebookstudio
  2. thebookstudio posted this

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