The Second Seeing | Ryu Ika | Aka Aka 2021 woodblock prints liberated state

liberated state

Fukase's lens is turned towards himself and those close to him

"The couple divorced in 1976

There are a few stains on the first and last white pages

he spent three years studying abroad as an honorary student at a university in Spain from 1969 to 1972

The Second Seeing | Ryu Ika | Aka Aka 2021 woodblock prints liberated state"The title of this collection of photographs, The second seeing, emphasizes that we live within a 'second seeing' by way of an internalized other that exists behind the first level perception. Our lives exist alongside this image we have of ourselves, she asserts, likening people to actors and the world to a stage.] Ryu isn't satisfied by simply capturing the subject using her camera. Many of the photos taken in Inner Mongolia, where she grew up,