Hiroshi Sugimoto

(Japanese, born 1948)

Hiroshi Sugimoto is a contemporary Japanese photographer whose esoteric practice explores memory and time. Using the intrinsic quality of long exposure photography, the artist provides insight into how the medium can both obscure and alter reality. Influenced by Dadaist and Surrealist theory, Sugimoto’s Seascapes, Dioramas, and Theaters, craft mysterious scenes from vernacular subject matter. “Photography is like a found object. A photographer never makes an actual subject; they just steal the image from the world,” the artist said. “Photography is a system of saving memories. It's a time machine, in a way, to preserve the memory, to preserve time.” Born on February 23, 1948, in Tokyo, Japan, he graduated with a degree in sociology and politics from Rikkyo University in 1970. The artist went on to receive his BFA in photography from the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, before moving to New York in the mid-1970s. He was the recipient of the Hasselblad Award in 2001, and the subject of a mid-career retrospective in 2006 organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. and the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo. The artist currently lives and works between New York, NY and Tokyo, Japan. Sugimoto’s works are presently held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Center for Contemporary Art in Kitakyushu, Japan.

Hiroshi Sugimoto Artworks

Hiroshi Sugimoto (3,309 results)
Celtic Sea, Boscastle, 1999

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Celtic Sea, Boscastle, 1999

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Selected Images of British Seascapes..., 1989–1990

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Selected Images of British Seascapes..., 1989–1990

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Opticks 036, 2018

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Opticks 036, 2018

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Opticks 020, 2018

After Hiroshi Sugimoto

Opticks 020, 2018

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Eiffel Tower - Gustave Eiffel, 1998, 1998

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Eiffel Tower - Gustave Eiffel, 1998, 1998

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United Nations Headquarters, 1997, 1997

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United Nations Headquarters, 1997, 1997

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Chrysler Building, 1996, 1996

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Chrysler Building, 1996, 1996

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MoMA Bauhaus Stairway, 2013, 2013

Hiroshi Sugimoto

MoMA Bauhaus Stairway, 2013, 2013

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Celtic Sea, St. Agnes, 1994

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Celtic Sea, St. Agnes, 1994

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In Praise of Shadows, 2003

Hiroshi Sugimoto

In Praise of Shadows, 2003

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(1)PARAMOUNT THEATER, NEWARK 2015..., 2015–2016

Hiroshi Sugimoto

(1)PARAMOUNT THEATER, NEWARK 2015..., 2015–2016

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Opticks 020 ad 036 (2 works), 2018

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Opticks 020 ad 036 (2 works), 2018

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Fifth Avenue Theatre, Seattle, 1997

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Fifth Avenue Theatre, Seattle, 1997

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Palais Garnier, Paris, 2019

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Palais Garnier, Paris, 2019

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1. Polar Bear/2. Revolution

Hiroshi Sugimoto

1. Polar Bear/2. Revolution

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U.A. Walker, New York, 1978

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U.A. Walker, New York, 1978

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Barragán House, 2008

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Barragán House, 2008

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Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2009

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2009

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Guggenheim Museum, New York

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Guggenheim Museum, New York

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In Praise of Shadows (3)

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In Praise of Shadows (3)

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Caribbean Sea Jamaica, 2005

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Caribbean Sea Jamaica, 2005

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Time Exposed (3 works), 1986–1991

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Time Exposed (3 works), 1986–1991

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Elizabeth Taylor, 1994

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Elizabeth Taylor, 1994

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Time Exposed, 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed, 1990

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