Seascapes since 1980, hiroshi sugimoto has traveled around the worldfrom the arctic ocean to the black seato photograph the tranquil horizon line where the sea meets the sky. Hiroshi sugimoto is a contemporary japanese photographer whose esoteric practice explores memory and time. To craft his exquisite blackandwhite images, hiroshi sugimoto uses a 19thcenturystyle, largeformat camera, exploring his idea of photography as a method for preserving and modeling time. For his seascapes series, hiroshi sugimoto photographed each horizon identically.
In 1970, sugimoto studied politics and sociology at rikkyo university in tokyo. Hiroshi sugimoto the zen master of photography share this article. Hiroshi sugimotos, seascapes is a meditation on time examined through repetition and constancy, 220 black and white images of the still ocean, beautiful and transcendentally boring. Explores the interconnected relationships of photography, science, and the history of art. One can start with the pictures or with the introduction to the pictures. For many years hiroshi sugimoto has photographed the sea and its horizon. Aegean sean, pillon 1990 im very craft conscious, says the japanese photographer hiroshi sugimoto in conversation with christies international head of photographs darius himes. Celebrating the second volume in a series of books on sugimotos art, seascapes. Influenced by dadaism and surrealism, sugimoto explores how photography as a medium, which traditionally captures reality, can obscure and even alter. Pale taupe heavy wrappers with sugimoto printed on cover and spine, with matching dust jacket. Dec 03, 2015 hiroshi sugimoto, acclaimed photographer and architect, comes to strand in celebration of seascapes, his latest collection of photographs. In 1980, japanese photographer hiroshi sugimoto began working on an ongoing series of photographs of the sea and its horizon. He speaks of his work as showing time exposed, which means that his images provide a lasting record for events that happen. Seascapes by mita, munesuke and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Books by hiroshi sugimoto author of hiroshi sugimoto. He reportedly took his earliest photographs in high school, photographing film footage of audrey hepburn as it played in a movie theater. He has been active as a photographer since the 1970s. Seascapes, damianis gorgeous new monograph launching dec 1 at the strand, munesuke mita writes, it is clear that sugimotos seascapes possess a vitality that stands in contrast to rothkos last paintings, which took the reductionist passion of modernismthe desire to erase everythingto its extreme. Hiroshi sugimoto, oculist witness self portrait, 2015 darius himes is the international head of photographs for christies and coauthor of publish your photography book. Hiroshi sugimotos image also center around the transience that is a part of life and the ongoing struggle between death and life. The china bridge over the river avon at lacock abbey signed poster by sugimoto by hiroshi sugimoto and a great selection of related books, art and. Hiroshi sugimoto was born and raised in tokyo, japan. Sonnabend sundell editions and eyestorm, 1988 1st edition. Sugimoto began work on his theaters series when he was just 28 years old. Sugimoto divides his time between tokyo and new york city. These primordial substances, which make possible all life on earth, are the subject of hiroshi sugimoto s seascapes series. Following a career that has focused on formal studies of museum dioramas, cinema interiors, and exquisite seascapes, sugimoto accepted a commission from the guggenheim to create a series of lifesize blackandwhite portraits of waxwork figures. Hiroshi sugimoto, japanese photographer whose realistic images of intangible or impossible phenomena challenged the understanding of photography as an objective art form.
So very commonplace are these substances, they hardly attract attention. Composed of photographs from five seriesmeteorites, dioramas, pre photographic time recording devices, lightning fields, and seascapesthe sequence of images in this book conjures a natural history of the planet, perhaps even one untouched by humans. For over 30 years, the japanese photographer has travelled the world, feeding his seascapes series, which was the object of an eponymous book published by xavier. Preserving and picturing memory and time is a central theme of sugimoto s photography, including the ongoing series dioramas, theaters, and seascapes. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Signed by hiroshi sugimoto early signature by sugimoto.
On one particular deserted beach, he discovered hundreds of car parts, probably from the 1960s, disintegrated and corroded by decades under the waves. The series, which includes over 200 blackandwhite photographs, is a testament to sugimoto s meditative and rigorous effort to capture the earths most basic elements. Dioramas narrates a story of the cycle of life, death and rebirth, from prehistoric aquatic life to the propagation of reptile and animal life to homo sapiens destruction of the planetand then to a renewal of the earth, where flora and fauna flourish without man. Portraits is the fourth in a series of books on sugimoto s major bodies of work and presents 70 photographs, 7 of which have never before been published. Oct 26, 2012 in 1980 hiroshi sugimoto began working on an ongoing series of photographs of the sea and its horizon, seascapes, in locations all over the world, using an oldfashioned largeformat camera to. Grand reopening exhibition masterpieces from the museums.
Sugimoto by kerry brougher and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Hiroshi sugimoto s work has achieved widespread recognition for its exploration of abstract concepts, such as time, vision and belief, through meticulously balanced images that encourage prolonged attention and serve to focus audience consideration on the ways in which humanity makes sense of itself. Influenced by surrealism and dada, hiroshi sugimoto japanese, b. Sugimoto portraits by hiroshi sugimoto lensculture. Photographs and introduction in japanese by hiroshi sugimoto.
Sugimoto has called photography the fossilization of time, and the seascapes photographs simultaneously capture a discrete moment in time but also evoke a feeling of timelessness. This lavish book is the only complete collection of the renowned theaters series, in which hiroshi sugimoto opens his shutter as a film begins and closes it as it concludes. With these sea landscapes that spill out of the frame, subtle variations of the water surface, more or less distinct horizons, hiroshi sugimoto s photographs question timelessness. Oct 31, 2016 it takes a rare sort of curiosity to devote a lifetime to a single project. Hiroshi sugimoto photography monographs and exhibition. A new, expanded edition of hiroshi sugimotos classic seascapes featured image, bay of sagami, kaikoh 2011, neg. For more than 30 years, hiroshi sugimoto has traveled the world pho. From the english channel to the arctic ocean, from the norwegian sea to the black sea, tokyoborn artist has travelled the world to capture marine landscapes and create abstract canvas. All are identical in format, with the horizon line precisely bifurcating each image, though at times the sea and sky almost merge into one seamless unit.
A new book captures hiroshi sugimotos largeformat theaters. When it comes to photo books one always has the choice. Each black and white photograph is of the same size and cut through the centre by the horizon. Time exposed, kunsthalle basel, baselstedelijk museum,shertogenbosch. In 2015, damiani published a book of seascape photography the prolific japanese photographer hiroshi sugimoto. The series seascapes consists of hundreds of black and white photographs of the motionless ocean, captured in a way that is simply picturesque and otherworldly. When hiroshi sugimoto photographs a series of seascapes, theaters, forests, modernist architecture and waxwork dolls, he does so in a way that transforms his subjects into something else entirely. Endeavors in art aremere approximations, efforts to render visible unseen realms, he says. The photographer hiroshi sugimoto has long blurred the line between the quick and the dead, or at least the mobile and the inert. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Hiroshi sugimoto s most popular book is hiroshi sugimoto. If its an optimistic story, i usually end up with a bright screen. Living phenomena spontaneously generated from water and air in the presence of light.
New still sealed in the publishers shrinkwrap with an aperture signed edition adhesive to shrinkwrap. For over thirty years, sugimoto has traveled the world photographing its seas, producing a body of work that is an extended meditation on the passage of time and the natural history of the earth. Sugimoto is a master of the long exposure and the largeformat camera. Unpaginated 68 pages oblong format paperback exhibition catalogue. Some of the photographs included have never before been reproduced. Japanese photographer hiroshi sugimoto discusses 220photo seascapes book. The long never is a unique special edition book containing sixtyfive artworks by hiroshi sugimoto. His reading of andre bretons writings led to his discovery of surrealism and dada and a lifelong connection to the work and philosophy of marcel duchamp. Hiroshi sugimoto has defined what it means to be a multi disciplined contemporary artist, blurring the lines between photography, painting, installation, and architecture. Seascapes is art for the plateau, a group of images that measure time not by growth but in repetition. The long never is a specialedition book containing 65 artworks by hiroshi sugimoto born 1948. Seascapes from time exposed 12 works by hiroshi sugimoto. The book was printed to accompany sugimotos exhibition which was organized by the fondazione fotografia modena, in modena, italy, and published by rizzoli. Hiroshi sugimoto seascapes by munesuke mita abebooks.
Todays deals your gift cards help whole foods registry. And all of those fascinations are represented in his book hiroshi sugimoto. On the beach photographs by hiroshi sugimoto lensculture. Dec 04, 2015 sugimoto and himes spent the hourlong conversation dissecting his craft as true artisans would, celebrating the newly released second edition of sugimotos seascapes. He describes his vision of sky and water as a form of time travela way to capture the ancient world and see it from the perspective of its inhabitants.
Munesuke mita for more than 30 years, hiroshi sugimoto has traveled the world photographing its seas, producing an extended meditation on the passage of time and the natural history of the earth reduced to its. Atami from february 5, 2017 sunday to march 14, 2017 tuesday. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Portraits is the definitive discussion to date of the thoughtprovoking contemporary photographer hiroshi sugimoto. He took many of his influences from the works and writings of marcel duchamp as well as. Seascape photographs, cleveland museum of art, cleveland hiroshi sugimoto.
The 274page tome contains a series of 220 photographs of various bodies of water the altantic, the pacific, the sea of japan, among others taken by sugimoto over the course of thirty years. Dioramas, theaters, seascapes, national museum of art, osaka 1988 hiroshi sugimoto, sonnabend gallery, new yorksagacho exhibit space and zeit foto salon, tokyo 1977 sugimoto, minami gallery, tokyo. Oct 27, 2015 seascapes is art for the plateau, a group of images that measure time not by growth but in repetition. Japanese photographer hiroshi sugimoto discusses 220photo. The second in a series of luxurious, beautifully produced volumes each focused on specific bodies of sugimoto s work, seascapes presents the complete series of more than 200 seascapes for the first time in one publication. Hiroshi sugimoto was born in japan in 1948 and now divides his time between japan and new york. Sep 22, 2017 for more than 30 years, hiroshi sugimoto has traveled the world photographing its seas, producing an extended meditation on the passage of time and the natural history of the earth reduced to its most basic, primordial substances.
Moderate wear to the edges, including a bump to the lower edge. Hiroshi sugimoto born 1948 has helped define what it means to be a multidisciplinary contemporary artist, his photographs blurring the lines between photography, painting. This volume, the second in a series of books on sugimoto s art, presents the complete series of over 200 seascapes, some of which have never before been reproduced. The calm simplicity of the images is meditative, using repetition as a tool.
But it was this sense of vocation that spurred japanese photographer hiroshi sugimoto to capture theatres around the world for nearly four decades. Hiroshi sugimotos most popular book is hiroshi sugimoto. This edition of hiroshi sugimoto s born 1948 popular photography series is expanded and updated from the outofprint first edition, including five. The catologue dispenses with numerous critical essays and gets straight to the striking images, showcasing the artists talent and appreciation of beautifully captured photographs. Seascapes, the second in a series of books on sugimoto s art, presents the complete series of over 200 seascapes, some of which have never before been reproduced. This issue of the highly regarded arts and literary quarterly includes writing by, among others, ye chun, sarah deming, ariel dorfman, bert keizer, philip levine, arthur lubow, javier marias, jill mcdonough, mark morris, robert. Hiroshi sugimoto was born and raised in tokyo, japan, where he studied politics and sociology at st.
The second in a series of luxurious, beautifully produced volumes each focused on specific bodies of sugimotos work, seascapes presents the complete series of more than 200 seascapes for the first time in one publication. Hiroshi sugimoto has explored ideas of time, empiricism, and metaphysics through a surreal and formalistic approach since the 1970s. Some of the photos are being reproduced for the first time. Hiroshi sugimoto s uncommon first book, issued on the occasion of the photographers 1988 exhibitions at sonnabend gallery, new york, and sagacho exhibit space and zeito photo salon, tokyo. Hiroshi sugimoto was born in tokyo, japan, in 1948, and lives and works in new york and tokyo. This catalog, produced in conjunction with sugimoto s upcoming exhibition at the izu photo museum in japan.
Composed of photographs from five seriesmeteorites, dioramas, prephotographic time recording devices, lightning fields and seascapesthe sequence of images in this book conjures a natural history of the planet, perhaps even one untouched by humans. Hiroshi sugimoto, from the postscript to on the beach this master of photography from japan continues his creative output in this volume with pictures from deserted beaches in new zealand. This meditative second volume in his decadespanning work. Traveled as hiroshi sugimoto to art gallery of york university, toronto, september 5october 29. The long never is a specialedition book containing 65 works by hiroshi sugimoto born 1948 from five seriesmeteorites, dioramas, pre photographic time recording devices, lightning fields and seascapes and an original text by jonathan safran foer. Otherwise, the binding is secure, with no internal markings. Hiroshi sugimoto s, seascapes is a meditation on time examined through repetition and constancy, 220 black and white images of the still ocean, beautiful and transcendentally boring. Brochure, in french, with interview by thomas kellein reprint of interview published in exhibition catalogue hiroshi sugimoto. For more than 30 years, hiroshi sugimoto has traveled the world photographing its seas, producing an extended meditation on the passage of time and the natural history of the earth reduced to its most basic, primordial substances. Seascapes and theaters, virginia museum of fine arts, richmond. Oct 12, 2015 for hiroshi sugimoto it is the fascination with time, trompe loiel, modernism, and architecture. Hiroshi sugimoto s monograph of the retrospective of his works, is a great introduction to his work whether you have seen his photographs or not.
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