Mount Fuji is widely considered a majestic mountain-lauded interpreted surmounted. In the
early nineteenth century Katsushika Hokusai honored it with thirty-six woodcuts. Working
according to Japanese tradition he used symbols representing the seasons and depicted people
engaged in activities alluding to the future. The genre is known as Ukiyo-e and the images
describe a world in flux in terms of both space and time. Inspired by this artistic concept
the Luxembourgian artist Raoul Ries circumnavigated Fuji with his camera capturing realistic
moments. The mighty mountain always bursts into the frame like a leitmotif: sometimes sublime
sometimes hidden as if playing a game with the viewer. At the end of the journey not only
have readers become familiar with Fuji's various angles of view but they've also been given a
good look at Japanese society its connection with nature and its everyday life. In short what
we find here is landscape photography with an idea and wit. Exhibition: Galerie Clairefontaine
Luxembourg 27.4.-27.5.2017
