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.

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Time Exposed, 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed, 1990

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Time Exposed, 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed, 1990

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Time exposed, 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time exposed, 1991

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Tyrrhenian Sea, Capri, 1994

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Tyrrhenian Sea, Capri, 1994

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Hiroshi Sugimoto

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Hiroshi Sugimoto "Sea of Buddha" Book, 1997

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Time Exposed, 1991, 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed, 1991, 1991

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Marmara Sea, Silivli, 1991, 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Marmara Sea, Silivli, 1991, 1991

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Bay of Biscay, Bakio, from

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Bay of Biscay, Bakio, from "Time Exposed,"..., 1991

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Arctic Ocean, Nord Kapp, from

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Arctic Ocean, Nord Kapp, from "Time..., 1990

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The shooting, 1994

Hiroshi Sugimoto

The shooting, 1994

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Opticks, Red (exhibition poster), 2018

After Hiroshi Sugimoto

Opticks, Red (exhibition poster), 2018

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Opticks, Green (exhibition poster), 2018

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Opticks, Green (exhibition poster), 2018

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Opticks, Blue (exhibition poster)

After Hiroshi Sugimoto

Opticks, Blue (exhibition poster)

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RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, 1979

Hiroshi Sugimoto

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, 1979

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Kunsthaus Bregenz, Peter Zumthor, 2000

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Kunsthaus Bregenz, Peter Zumthor, 2000

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Time Exposed, 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed, 1991

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Wapiti, 1980

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Wapiti, 1980

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Hyena-Jackal-Vulture, 1976

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Hyena-Jackal-Vulture, 1976

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Untitled, 1997

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Untitled, 1997

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Church of the Light, 2008

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Church of the Light, 2008

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from OPTICKS (poster / a set of 3), 2020

Hiroshi Sugimoto

from OPTICKS (poster / a set of 3), 2020

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Mathematical Form: Surface 0004

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Mathematical Form: Surface 0004

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Gemsbok, 1980, 1980

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Gemsbok, 1980, 1980

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Time exposed, 1991, 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time exposed, 1991, 1991

Sale Date: November 8, 2022

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