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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World Trade Center, 1997

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World Trade Center, 1997

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Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea, 1993

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Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea, 1993

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South Pacific Ocean, Tearai, 1991

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South Pacific Ocean, Tearai, 1991

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Time Exposed (portfolio of 51), 1991

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Time Exposed (portfolio of 51), 1991

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Cinerama Dome, Hollywood, 1993

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Cinerama Dome, Hollywood, 1993

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Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Le Corbusier, 1998

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Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Le Corbusier, 1998

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Colors of Shadow C1031, 2006

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Colors of Shadow C1031, 2006

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Mechanical Form 0034 (Spur gears), 2004

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Mechanical Form 0034 (Spur gears), 2004

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PERMIAN-LAND, 1992

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PERMIAN-LAND, 1992

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Stadium Drive-In, Orange, 1993

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Stadium Drive-In, Orange, 1993

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Time Exposed #310: Sea of Japan, Oki (+ 3..., 1990

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Time Exposed #310: Sea of Japan, Oki (+ 3..., 1990

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U. A. WALKER, NEW YORK, 1978

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U. A. WALKER, NEW YORK, 1978

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MATHEMATICAL FORM: SURFACE 0012 (DIAGONAL..., 2004

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MATHEMATICAL FORM: SURFACE 0012 (DIAGONAL..., 2004

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E. U. R. PALAZZO DELLA CIVILTA ROMANA, 1998

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E. U. R. PALAZZO DELLA CIVILTA ROMANA, 1998

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Barragán House, 2008

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Barragán House, 2008

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1-5. The posters of History of History..., 2004–2008

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1-5. The posters of History of History..., 2004–2008

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Colors of Shadow c1028, 2006

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Colors of Shadow c1028, 2006

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LAKE SUPERIOR, JACOBS CREEK FALLS, 2003

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LAKE SUPERIOR, JACOBS CREEK FALLS, 2003

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JOE 2064, 2004

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JOE 2064, 2004

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IN PRAISE OF SHADOW, 1998

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IN PRAISE OF SHADOW, 1998

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Bay of Sagami, Atami, 1998

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Bay of Sagami, Atami, 1998

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Boden Sea, 1993

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Boden Sea, 1993

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巴拉干住宅·光之教堂·古根海姆

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巴拉干住宅·光之教堂·古根海姆

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‘Helicoid: Minimal Surface’, 2004

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‘Helicoid: Minimal Surface’, 2004

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