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 #334: Arctic Ocean, Nord Kapp, 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed #334: Arctic Ocean, Nord Kapp, 1990

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Various Archetypes, 2004

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Various Archetypes, 2004

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Time Exposed: #369 Marmara Sea, Silivli, 1991

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Time Exposed: #369 Marmara Sea, Silivli, 1991

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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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Time Exposed #335: Norwegian Sea, Vesteralen , 1990

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Time Exposed #335: Norwegian Sea, Vesteralen , 1990

Sale Date: December 29, 2015

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Time Exposed #322: Mediterranean Sea, Cassis , 1990

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Time Exposed #322: Mediterranean Sea, Cassis , 1990

Sale Date: December 21, 2015

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1. Poster of

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1. Poster of "End of Time" 2. Poster of "ORIGIN...

Sale Date: January 23, 2016

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Caribbean Sea, Jamaica

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Caribbean Sea, Jamaica

Sale Date: January 23, 2016

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MECHANICAL FORM 0036 (MATERIAL TESTING..., 2004

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MECHANICAL FORM 0036 (MATERIAL TESTING..., 2004

Sale Date: December 12, 2015

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Hall of Thirty-Three Bays, 1995, 1995

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Hall of Thirty-Three Bays, 1995, 1995

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Tyrrhenian Sea, Capri, 1994

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Tyrrhenian Sea, Capri, 1994

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Einstein Tower, 2000

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Einstein Tower, 2000

Sale Date: November 26, 2015

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The Necklace of Jane Seymour, 2000

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The Necklace of Jane Seymour, 2000

Sale Date: December 4, 2015

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Ribidoux Drive-in, Ribidoux, 1993

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Ribidoux Drive-in, Ribidoux, 1993

Sale Date: November 28, 2015

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Mathematical Form, Surface 0006, 2004

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Mathematical Form, Surface 0006, 2004

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

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Mechanical Form 0026 (Worm Gear), 2004

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Mechanical Form 0026 (Worm Gear), 2004

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Satellite City Towers, 2002

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Satellite City Towers, 2002

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Lightning Fields, 2009

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Lightning Fields, 2009

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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Rockefeller Center, 2000–2001

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Rockefeller Center, 2000–2001

Sale Date: November 12, 2015

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TIME EXPOSED, 1991

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TIME EXPOSED, 1991

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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BARRAGAN HOUSE

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BARRAGAN HOUSE

Sale Date: November 13, 2015

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CENTINELA DRIVE-IN, LOS ANGELES (#707), 1993

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CENTINELA DRIVE-IN, LOS ANGELES (#707), 1993

Sale Date: November 12, 2015

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Einstein Tower, 2000

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Einstein Tower, 2000

Sale Date: November 7, 2015

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U.A. Walker, New York, 1978, 2000

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U.A. Walker, New York, 1978, 2000

Sale Date: November 7, 2015

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