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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BASS STRAIT TABLE CAPE, 1997

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BASS STRAIT TABLE CAPE, 1997

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SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN WAIHAU, 1990

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SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN WAIHAU, 1990

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(1) PARAMOUNT THEATER, NEWARK 2015 (2)..., 2015–2016

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(1) PARAMOUNT THEATER, NEWARK 2015 (2)..., 2015–2016

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From: Time Exposed, 1991

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From: Time Exposed, 1991

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Bay of Biscay, Bakio, 1991, 1991

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Bay of Biscay, Bakio, 1991, 1991

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Jean Harlow - Mae West - Robert Stack, 1994, 1994

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Jean Harlow - Mae West - Robert Stack, 1994, 1994

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U.A. Play House, New York, 1978, 1978

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U.A. Play House, New York, 1978, 1978

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Paramount, Oakland, 1994, 1994

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Paramount, Oakland, 1994, 1994

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Mathematical Form: Surface 0012 (Diagonal..., 2004

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Mathematical Form: Surface 0012 (Diagonal..., 2004

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Mathematical Form: Surface 0004

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Mathematical Form: Surface 0004

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Sea of Japan, Rebun Island, 1996

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Sea of Japan, Rebun Island, 1996

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Avalon Theatre, Catalina Island, 1993

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Avalon Theatre, Catalina Island, 1993

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North Atlantic Ocean, Cape Breton Island, 1996

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North Atlantic Ocean, Cape Breton Island, 1996

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U.A. Walker Theatre, New York, 1978

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U.A. Walker Theatre, New York, 1978

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Lighting Fields, 057, Lake Superior,..., 2005–2008

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Lighting Fields, 057, Lake Superior,..., 2005–2008

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Church of the Light, 2008

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Church of the Light, 2008

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Hiroshi Sugimoto

"Mediterranean Sea Cassis 1989"

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Temple of Dendera, 1998

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Temple of Dendera, 1998

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BAY OF SAGAMI, ATAMI, 1997

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BAY OF SAGAMI, ATAMI, 1997

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Sea of Japan, Rebun Island, 1996

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Sea of Japan, Rebun Island, 1996

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ARCTIC OCEAN, NORD KAPP, 1990, 1990

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ARCTIC OCEAN, NORD KAPP, 1990, 1990

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Opticks 161, 2018

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Opticks 161, 2018

Sale Date: October 11, 2023

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Metropolitan State, Los Angeles, 1993

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Metropolitan State, Los Angeles, 1993

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Bay of Sagami, Atami, 1997

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Bay of Sagami, Atami, 1997

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