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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LOST HUMAN

Hiroshi Sugimoto

LOST HUMAN "PARAMOUNT THEATER, NEWARK 2015", 2016

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OPTICKS 036, 2018

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OPTICKS 036, 2018

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OPTICKS 008, 2018

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OPTICKS 008, 2018

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OPTICKS 020, 2018

Hiroshi Sugimoto

OPTICKS 020, 2018

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Time Exposed (Buddha series), 1995

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed (Buddha series), 1995

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South Pacific Ocean, Maraenui, 1990

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South Pacific Ocean, Maraenui, 1990

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Carribean Sea, Jamaica, 1980

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Carribean Sea, Jamaica, 1980

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Signal B; ox; –; Herzog & De Meuron, 1998

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Signal B; ox; –; Herzog & De Meuron, 1998

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Austrian Post Office Savings Bank – Otto..., 2001

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Austrian Post Office Savings Bank – Otto..., 2001

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Stockholm City Library, 2001

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Stockholm City Library, 2001

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Time Exposed (A Set of 4), 1989

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed (A Set of 4), 1989

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Santelia Monument, 1998, 1998

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Santelia Monument, 1998, 1998

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Conceptual Forms 0007, 2004, 2004

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Conceptual Forms 0007, 2004, 2004

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1. Staircase Ⅱ, Villa Farnese,..., 2015–2016

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1. Staircase Ⅱ, Villa Farnese,..., 2015–2016

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Time Exposed, 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed, 1991

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U.A. Walker, New York, 1978

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U.A. Walker, New York, 1978

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Tempelhof Airport, 2000

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Tempelhof Airport, 2000

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Palms, Michigan, 1980

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Palms, Michigan, 1980

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Time Exposed, Irish Sea, Isle of Man, 1990

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Time Exposed, Irish Sea, Isle of Man, 1990

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Irish Sea, Isle of Man, 1990

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Irish Sea, Isle of Man, 1990

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Time Exposed, Ionian Sea, Santa Cesare, 1990

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Time Exposed, Ionian Sea, Santa Cesare, 1990

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Time Exposed, IBM Courtyard, Tokyo, 1991

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Time Exposed, IBM Courtyard, Tokyo, 1991

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Time Exposed #364: Bay of Biscay Bakio 1991, 1991

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Time Exposed #364: Bay of Biscay Bakio 1991, 1991

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Time Exposed # 355: Caribbean Sea Yucatan, 1990

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Time Exposed # 355: Caribbean Sea Yucatan, 1990

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