Hiroshi Sugimoto
Japanese, b. 1948
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Bio
To craft his exquisite black-and-white images, Hiroshi Sugimoto uses a 19th-century-style, large-format camera, exploring his idea of photography as a method for preserving and modeling time. “Endeavors in art are…mere approximations, efforts to …
Blue chip representation
Represented by internationally reputable galleries.
High auction record
$1.9m, Christie's, 2007
Notable Works
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Career Highlights
Solo show at a major institution
Centre Pompidou, and 12 more
Group show at a major institution
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and 21 more
Collected by a major institution
Tate, and 2 more
Reviewed by a major art publication
Artforum, and 5 more
Included in a major biennial
Biennale de Lyon
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Related categories
Japanese Photography
Time
Japan
Black-and-White Photography
Long Exposure
Contemporary Asian Art
Asian Art
Contemporary Photography
Light as Subject
Large-Scale Photography
Abstract Photography
20th Century Art
New York Artists
Waterscapes
Interiors
Vacant and Vacated Spaces
Contemporary Modernist-Type Photography
Engaged with Traditional Japanese Art
Manipulated Photography
Contemporary Conceptualism
Photography
Contemporary Art
Related to Film
Architecture
Representations of Architecture
Sparse
Individual Portrait
Line, Form, and Color
Human Figure
Works for Sale
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