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

Hiroshi Sugimoto (3,309 results)
Time Exposed (8 Works), 1982

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Time Exposed (8 Works), 1982

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AEGEAN SEA , 1990

Hiroshi Sugimoto

AEGEAN SEA , 1990

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Stadium Drive-In, Orange, 1993

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Stadium Drive-In, Orange, 1993

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U.A. Little Neck, New York, 1976

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U.A. Little Neck, New York, 1976

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Cinema Rise, Tokyo, 1996

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Cinema Rise, Tokyo, 1996

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Palace, Pennsylvania, 1978

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Palace, Pennsylvania, 1978

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Kunsthaus Bregenz, Peter Zumthor, 2000

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Kunsthaus Bregenz, Peter Zumthor, 2000

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The Glass House, 2013

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The Glass House, 2013

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Dead Sea, 1992

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Dead Sea, 1992

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Strait of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, 1995

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Strait of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, 1995

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Rietveld Schröder House, 1999, 1999

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Rietveld Schröder House, 1999, 1999

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Elizabeth I, 1999, 1999

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Elizabeth I, 1999, 1999

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Stadium Drive-In, Orange, 1993, 1993

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Stadium Drive-In, Orange, 1993, 1993

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RICHARD I, 1999, 1999

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RICHARD I, 1999, 1999

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Polar Bear, 1976, 1976

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Polar Bear, 1976, 1976

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Opticks, Green (exhibition poster), 2018

After Hiroshi Sugimoto

Opticks, Green (exhibition poster), 2018

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Opticks, Red (exhibition poster), 2018

After Hiroshi Sugimoto

Opticks, Red (exhibition poster), 2018

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Opticks, Blue (exhibition poster)

After Hiroshi Sugimoto

Opticks, Blue (exhibition poster)

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Woodland Chapel (Eric Gunnar Asplund), 2001

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Woodland Chapel (Eric Gunnar Asplund), 2001

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Conceptual Form 0026, 2004

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Conceptual Form 0026, 2004

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U.A. Playhouse, New York, 1978

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U.A. Playhouse, New York, 1978

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Orinda Theatre, Orinda, 1992

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Orinda Theatre, Orinda, 1992

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Cabot Street Cinema, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1978

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Cabot Street Cinema, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1978

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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Barragán House, 2002

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Barragán House, 2002

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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