SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi

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)

WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig - Fotografie als Analytische Praxis
WITTGENSTEIN, Ludwig - Fotografie als Analytische Praxis
'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
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Various artists - Fiction and Fabrication. Photography of Architecture after the Digital Turn
Various artists - Fiction and Fabrication. Photography of Architecture after the Digital Turn
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
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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Seascapes
SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Seascapes
Hiroshi SUGIMOTO has been traveling around the world for more than 30 years to photograph seas for the 'Seascapes' series, capturing the sea at a time of absolute calm. All photos are identically, with the horizon line dividing each picture exactly.
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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Revolution
SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Revolution
'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
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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Portraits
SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Portraits
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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Portraits
SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Portraits
While Hiroshi SUGIMOTO's portraits of historical figures seem to capture a lived moment in time, they are fictions. The b/w photos in 'Portraits' show wax figures that are presented alongside a handful of portraits of living subjects and memento mori.
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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - On the Beach
SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - On the Beach
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
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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Dioramas
SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Dioramas
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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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Collection. Dioramas, Seascapes, Theaters, Portraits, Architecture
SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Collection. Dioramas, Seascapes, Theaters, Portraits, Architecture
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 € *
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SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Architecture
SUGIMOTO, Hiroshi - Architecture
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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