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.

Hiroshi Sugimoto Artworks

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Time Exposed #311: Sea of Japan, Oki  (+..., 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed #311: Sea of Japan, Oki (+..., 1990

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Ohio Theater, 1980

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Ohio Theater, 1980

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Yves St. Laurent (from Stylized Sculpture), 2007

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Yves St. Laurent (from Stylized Sculpture), 2007

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Time Exposed #333: Arctic Ocean, Nord Kapp ..., 1990

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Time Exposed #333: Arctic Ocean, Nord Kapp ..., 1990

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Time Exposed #339: Tyrrhenian Sea, Positano  , 1990

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Time Exposed #339: Tyrrhenian Sea, Positano , 1990

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Oscar Wilde, 1990

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Oscar Wilde, 1990

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Pope John Paul II, 1994

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Pope John Paul II, 1994

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The Royal Family, 1994

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The Royal Family, 1994

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Byrd, Richmond, 1993

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Byrd, Richmond, 1993

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Stanley, New Jersey, 1978

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Stanley, New Jersey, 1978

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Conceptual forms (0018), 2004

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Conceptual forms (0018), 2004

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Palace, New Jersey, 1978

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Palace, New Jersey, 1978

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Villa Savoye, 2005

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Villa Savoye, 2005

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Posters of

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

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

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

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Mechanical Form 0046, Material Testing Machine, 2005

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Mechanical Form 0046, Material Testing Machine, 2005

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Stadium drive-in orange, 1993

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Stadium drive-in orange, 1993

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Time Exposed #330: Tasman Sea, Ngarupupu  (+ , 1990

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Time Exposed #330: Tasman Sea, Ngarupupu (+ , 1990

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

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

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无题, 2002–2004

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无题, 2002–2004

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石炭纪的海底, 2008

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石炭纪的海底, 2008

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金铜镀金舍利容器, 2008

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金铜镀金舍利容器, 2008

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Time Exposed #349: Aegean Sea, Pilion (+..., 1990

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Time Exposed #349: Aegean Sea, Pilion (+..., 1990

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German Pavillion - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1997

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German Pavillion - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1997

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