Hiroshi Sugimoto
(Japanese, born 1948)
Biography
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
.jpg "Atlantic ocean cliffs of Moher (+..., 1989")
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Atlantic ocean cliffs of Moher (+..., 1989
Sale Date: December 14, 2011
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.jpg "Sea of Okhotsk Hokkaido (+ Arctic Ocean Nord , 1990")
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Sea of Okhotsk Hokkaido (+ Arctic Ocean Nord , 1990
Sale Date: December 14, 2011
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
Empire state building, shreve lamb & harmon, 1997
Sale Date: December 6, 2011
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
North Atlantic ocean, cliff of mother, 1989
Sale Date: December 19, 2011
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.jpg "Time exposed (portfolio of 51), 1991")
(+-history-of-history-(10-works),-lrgr;-20-works).jpg "Mathematical form (10 works)(+ History..., 2007–2008")
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Mathematical form (10 works)(+ History..., 2007–2008
Sale Date: December 3, 2011
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.jpg "Time exposed (6 works), 1991")
.jpg "Tasman sea ngarupupu (+ tasman sea..., 1990")
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Tasman sea ngarupupu (+ tasman sea..., 1990
Sale Date: October 28, 2011
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.jpg "Irish sea isle of man (+ tyrrhenian sea..., 1990")
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Irish sea isle of man (+ tyrrhenian sea..., 1990
Sale Date: October 28, 2011
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.jpg "Sam Eric P.A. (from Theaters), 1978")
.jpg "U.A. Walker, N.Y. (from Theaters), 1978")
Hiroshi Sugimoto
U.A. Walker, N.Y. (from Theaters), 1978
Sale Date: November 23, 2011
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Hiroshi Sugimoto
SUG 460 Sea of Japan, Rebun Island, 1996
Sale Date: November 26, 2011
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.jpg "Bay of Biscay Bakio (+ Caribbean sea..., 1991")
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bay of Biscay Bakio (+ Caribbean sea..., 1991
Sale Date: October 20, 2011
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