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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Beacon, N.Y, 1978

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Beacon, N.Y, 1978

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MATHEMATICAL FORM: SURFACE 0011, 2004

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MATHEMATICAL FORM: SURFACE 0011, 2004

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Yellow Sea, 1992

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Yellow Sea, 1992

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Time Exposed #370: Marmara Sea Silivli, 1991

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Time Exposed #370: Marmara Sea Silivli, 1991

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Time Exposed #335: Norwegian Sea Vesteralen..., 1990

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Time Exposed #335: Norwegian Sea Vesteralen..., 1990

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Signal Box - Herzog & de Meuron, 1998

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Signal Box - Herzog & de Meuron, 1998

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Miscellaneous form 0014, two hyperbola..., 2004

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Miscellaneous form 0014, two hyperbola..., 2004

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Time Exposed #336: North Sea Berriedale 1990, 1990

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Time Exposed #336: North Sea Berriedale 1990, 1990

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Time Exposed #337: Irish Sea Isle of Man, 1990

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Time Exposed #337: Irish Sea Isle of Man, 1990

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History of History, 2008

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History of History, 2008

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History of History, 2008

Hiroshi Sugimoto

History of History, 2008

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Posters of

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Posters of "End of Time" 1. Seascape:..., 2005

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Posters of

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Posters of "End of Time", Seascape: Cascade..., 2005

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Time Exposed, 1991

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Time Exposed, 1991

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Time Exposed, 1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed, 1991

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IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS, 2000

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IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS, 2000

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Ohio Theatre Colombus Ohio, 1980

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Ohio Theatre Colombus Ohio, 1980

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Time Exposed (51 prints set), 1991

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Time Exposed (51 prints set), 1991

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GEMSBOK (exhibition poster), 1980

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GEMSBOK (exhibition poster), 1980

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ATLANTIC OCEAN CLIFFS OF MOHER from TIME..., 1989

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ATLANTIC OCEAN CLIFFS OF MOHER from TIME..., 1989

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Anti-gravity structure from History of History, 2008

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Anti-gravity structure from History of History, 2008

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Time Exposed #301: Caribbean Sea Jamaica

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Time Exposed #301: Caribbean Sea Jamaica

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Time Exposed (2 Works), 1990

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Time Exposed (2 Works), 1990

Sale Date: November 27, 2018

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LIGURIAN SEA, SAVIORE, 1993

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LIGURIAN SEA, SAVIORE, 1993

Sale Date: November 15, 2018

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