SUPER BEAUTIFUL, SOLD-OUT REPRINT of the legendary photobook classic by Masahisa Fukase - in BRANDNEW CONDITION. "An amusing parody of the traditional family portrait that is both theatrical and personal" (Creative Review) "This collection [.] turns the idea of the family portrait on its head, simultaneously reinvigorating and ridiculing it." (Japan Times) New, mint, unread; still originally shrink-wrapped in publisher`s plastic foil. THIS IS THE LAST EXCLUSIVE PHOTOBOOK AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com in 2025 - with more than 100 great lots from my personal collection and from recent acquisitions. "My entire family, whose image I see inverted in the frosted glass, will die one day. This camera, which reflects and freezes their images, is actually a device for archiving death". (Masahisa Fukase) Like always 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance, and of course, combined shipping - worldwide. "For three generations the Fukase family ran a photography studio in Bifuka, a small provincial town in the northern Japanese province of Hokkaido. In August 1971, at the age of 35, Masahisa Fukase returned home from Tokyo, where he had moved in the 1950s. He realised that the Fukase Photographic Studio, which his younger brother managed, combined with the growing family members, constituted the perfect subject for a series of portraits. Between 1971 and 1989, he returned regularly and used the family studio, the large-format Anthony view camera and the changing family line-up as the basis for the series. True to his style, Fukase often introduced third-party models and humorous elements to juxtapose the ineluctable reality of time passing and the dwindling family group. He continued the series through his father`s death in 1987, up until the closure of the Fukase studio due to bankruptcy in 1989, and the consequential dispersion of the family. Family (Kazoku) was released in 1991, and was Fukase`s last book. It begins with a photograph of the family studio and the following 31 images are family portraits made in the studio in chronological order. The book includes an extensive text written by Fukase himself and a modern essay by Tomo Kosuga." (from the publisher) 5Uhr30.com says MANY THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR - making our single-seller photobook auctions on Catawiki so successful. Ecki Heuser & team are wishing ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND YOURS for 2026. Mack Books, London. 2019. First edition, first printing. Hardback bound in black buckram, embossed in red foil (as issued). 230 x 310 mm. 80 pages. Photos: Masahisa Fukase. Text in English and Japanese. Wonderful, sold-out reprint of Fukase's classic - in perfect condition. 'Masahisa Fukase, born 1934, died 2012, graduated from the Nihon University College of Art`s Photography Department in 1956. Fukase became a freelance photographer in 1968 after working at the Nippon Design Center and Kawade Shobo Shinsha Publishers. His major books include Yugi (Homo Ludence), Chuokoronsha, 1971; Yoko (Asahi Sonorama, 1978), and Karasu (Ravens), Sokyusha, 1986. Countless solo exhibitions have been dedicaed to Fukase`s work, and his photographs have been included in group exhibitions at the MoMA, NY; Oxford Museum of Art; Fondation Cartier pour l`Art Contemporain, Paris; V&A, London. Fukase also won numerous prizes, including the 2nd Ina Nobuo Award in 1976 for his exhibition `Karasu` and the Special Award at the 8th Higashikawa Photography Awards in 1992. Fukase tragically fell down a set of stairs in 1992 and suffered a traumatic brain injury from which he never recovered. He passed away in 2012.' (from the publisher)