About the Japanese photographer,  杉本博司 Hiroshi Sugimoto (*1948, in Tokyo)

Hiroshi SUGIMOTO studied at Saint Paul’s University in Tokyo. During his art studies at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, he was strongly influenced by the American art movements of minimalism and concept art. His medium is exclusively black and white photography, he works according to the concept of the series by consistently pursuing the idea of ​​individual series over a long period of time. In 2001 he was awarded the Hasselbald Award. Hiroshi SUGIMOTO lives and works in New York.

Photo books by and on the work of Hiroshi SUGIMOTO (a selection)

'Theaters' (2006, 2016); 'Seascapes'; (2018, frz. 2015, 2019); 'Dioramas. Theaters. Seascapes' (1988); 'Portraits' (2000, 2018); 'In Praise of Shadows' (2000); 'Architecture of Time' (2002); 'Architecture' (2003, 2019, dt. 2007); 'Conceptual Forms and Mathematical Models' (2005, 2015); 'Revolution' 2012); 'Dioramas' (2014); 'Accelerated Buddha' (2016); 'Black box' (2016); 'Gates of Paradise' (2017); 'Collection: Dioramas, Seascapes, Theaters, Portraits, Architecture' (2021)


In 'Architecture' continues Hiroshi SUGIMOTO's long-term research into the passage of time and history. Due to their blurring and lack of color, he reduces the buildings to the essentials and question the monuments of human inventiveness & industrial age.
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'Assignment No. 2 'reproduces an essay written by prison inmate Michael Nelson using theatre photographs by Hiroshi SUGIMOTO & Richard MISRACH. It was written for the Visual Concerns in Photography class under the direction of Doug Dertinger & Nigel Poor.
48,00 € * Weight 0.2 kg
Photo book 'Dioramas' by Hiroshi SUGIMOTO tells a story about the cycle of life, death and rebirth. He achieves the lively effect of the scenes in the series that began with his move from Tokyo (1976) to New York until 2012 through an elaborate production
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'Ludwig Wittgenstein. Photography as Analytical Practice' contains his album, photographs of automata, and other self-portraits. In addition, the book places his photographs in a dialogue with the photographic practice and theory of contemporary artists.
298,00 € * Weight 1.8 kg
The 'Hiroshi Sugimoto Collection' includes the five volumes from 2014 to 2019. Adopting different conceptual approaches and astounding aesthetic expedients, these series investigate his obsession though the photographic medium: the 'fossilization of time'
278,00 € *
'Revolution' by Hiroshi SUGIMOTO introduces largely unknown seascapes: nocturnal ocean views that record the course of the moon over a longer period of time. Tilted by 90 degrees, they result in irritating impressions that differ from region and latitude.
38,00 € * Weight 1 kg
The illustrated book 'Photography Now: Fifty Pioneers Defining Photography for the Twenty-First Century' by Charlotte Jansen includes works by D'AGATA, CREWDSON, GOLDIN, McGINLEY, MEISELAS, PARR, RUFF, SHERMAN, SUGIMOTO, TELLER, TILLMANS, WALL and YOKOTA.
49,00 € * Weight 1.2 kg
In 1990 Hiroshi SUGIMOTO visited the seas of New Zealand. 'On the beach' contains a series of black and white photos showing rotting metal the sand. His text is about the nature of the sea and the unstoppable, practically incomprehensible passage of time.
68,00 € * Weight 0.5 kg
How do digital photography & Photoshop influence architectural representation? This compendium 'Fiction & Fabrication' contains current architectural photographs - from fictional constructs to real buildings, some of which seem more fantastic than fiction
39,90 € *
The volume 'Through the Looking Brain' examines one of the best and most comprehensive collections in the field of conceptual, mainly serial photography. Their spectrum ranges from the 1970s to the present day and includes major works and central groups.
19,80 € * Weight 1.7 kg