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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Queen Victoria, 1994

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Queen Victoria, 1994

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South Pacific Ocean, Maraenui, #328,..., 1990–1991

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South Pacific Ocean, Maraenui, #328,..., 1990–1991

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from TIME EXPOSED (a set of 4 identical), 1991

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from TIME EXPOSED (a set of 4 identical), 1991

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Ostrich - Wart Hog, 1980

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Ostrich - Wart Hog, 1980

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Paramount Theater, 2015

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Paramount Theater, 2015

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U.A, 1987

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U.A, 1987

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SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN, TEARAI, 1991

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SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN, TEARAI, 1991

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Rietveld Schroeder House, 1999

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Rietveld Schroeder House, 1999

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Farnsworth House, 2001

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Farnsworth House, 2001

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Mathematicacl Form: Surface, 0009..., 2007

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Mathematicacl Form: Surface, 0009..., 2007

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a. Church of Light b. Various Archetypes, 2007

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a. Church of Light b. Various Archetypes, 2007

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Origin of Art, 1965

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Origin of Art, 1965

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Time Exposed, 1991, 1991

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Time Exposed, 1991, 1991

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WINNETKA DRIVE-IN, PARAMOUNT, 1993

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WINNETKA DRIVE-IN, PARAMOUNT, 1993

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松林図Pine trees

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松林図Pine trees

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Guggenheim Museum, New YorkGuggenheim Museum,...

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Guggenheim Museum, New YorkGuggenheim Museum,...

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LAKE SUPERIOR, CASCADE RIVER, 1995

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LAKE SUPERIOR, CASCADE RIVER, 1995

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Kattegat, Kullaberg, 1996

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Kattegat, Kullaberg, 1996

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Lake Superior, Cascade River, 1995

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Lake Superior, Cascade River, 1995

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HALL OF THIRTY-THREE BAYS - TIME EXPOSED..., 1995

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HALL OF THIRTY-THREE BAYS - TIME EXPOSED..., 1995

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HALL OF THIRTY-THREE BAYS (004, 005, 006),..., 1995

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HALL OF THIRTY-THREE BAYS (004, 005, 006),..., 1995

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Mathematical Form 006, 2004

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Mathematical Form 006, 2004

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Tyrrhenian Sea, Scilla, 1993

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Tyrrhenian Sea, Scilla, 1993

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Stadium Drive-In, Orange, 1993

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Stadium Drive-In, Orange, 1993

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