koen-dori shibuya, 1982kanazawa, 1978erimo cape, 1976kanazawa, 1977erimo cape, 1976shibuya, 1985wakkanai, 1975
all photographs by mashisa fukase. i've posted these images before on facebook, but somehow i always come back to them - especially on this dark & rainy los angeles day. these are perhaps among some of my favorite images ever - so beautiful and haunting. these images were taken over a ten year period by fukase, after his wife of 13 years, yoko, left him. while on a train returning to his hometown of hokkaido he got off at a stop and saw the ravens - a dark and foreboding omen. he became obsessed with them, with their darkness and loneliness. his story is quite fascinating and sad and all too human. i definitely recommend reading up on his work and life.