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: #345 Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed: #345 Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea

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

Hiroshi Sugimoto

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

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Time Exposed #336: North Sea, Berriedale  (+ , 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed #336: North Sea, Berriedale (+ , 1990

Sale Date: April 16, 2015

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Baltic Sea, Rügen, 1996

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Baltic Sea, Rügen, 1996

Sale Date: April 28, 2015

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Mechanical Form 0035, 2004

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Mechanical Form 0035, 2004

Sale Date: April 26, 2015

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

Hiroshi Sugimoto

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

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North Pacific Ocean, Mt. Tamalpais, 1994

Hiroshi Sugimoto

North Pacific Ocean, Mt. Tamalpais, 1994

Sale Date: April 20, 2015

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Time Exposed #370: Marmara Sea Silivli  (+..., 1990

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Time Exposed #370: Marmara Sea Silivli (+..., 1990

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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Cinema Dome, Hollywood, 1993

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Cinema Dome, Hollywood, 1993

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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

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

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Paramount, Oakland, 1992, 1992

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Paramount, Oakland, 1992, 1992

Sale Date: March 31, 2015

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Fox theatre, detroit, mich, 1978

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Fox theatre, detroit, mich, 1978

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Orinda theatre, orinda, 1992

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Orinda theatre, orinda, 1992

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Time exposed, 1980–1991

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time exposed, 1980–1991

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Lake michigan, gills rock, 1995

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Lake michigan, gills rock, 1995

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Time Exposed #331: Tasman Sea, Ngarupupu  (+ , 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed #331: Tasman Sea, Ngarupupu (+ , 1990

Sale Date: March 13, 2015

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Colors of Shadow, 2006

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Colors of Shadow, 2006

Sale Date: April 2, 2015

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The Origins of Love (8works)

Hiroshi Sugimoto

The Origins of Love (8works)

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Sea of Japan, Oki IV, 1987

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Sea of Japan, Oki IV, 1987

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Lake Superior, Cascade River, 1995

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Lake Superior, Cascade River, 1995

Sale Date: April 1, 2015

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Time Exposed #305: Sea of Japan, Hokkaido ..., 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed #305: Sea of Japan, Hokkaido ..., 1990

Sale Date: March 4, 2015

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Asahi Breweries - Philippe Starck, 1997

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Asahi Breweries - Philippe Starck, 1997

Sale Date: March 26, 2015

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History of History - Antigravity structure & , 2008

Hiroshi Sugimoto

History of History - Antigravity structure & , 2008

Sale Date: March 9, 2015

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Time Exposed #312: Pacific Ocean, Oregon  (+ , 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed #312: Pacific Ocean, Oregon (+ , 1990

Sale Date: February 20, 2015

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