Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, 1995
Collection of Howard Stein, New York
Phillips, New York, The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation, 4 April 2017, lot 109
Hope Photographs, The National Arts Club, New York, February - March 1997, and traveling to 9 other venues through 2005
George and Marks, eds., Hope Photographs, pp. 144-145 (this print)
Japanese • 1948
Hiroshi Sugimoto's work examines the concepts of time, space and the metaphysics of human existence through breathtakingly perfect images of theaters, mathematical forms, wax figures and seascapes. His 8 x 10 inch, large-format camera and long exposures give an almost eerie serenity to his images, treating the photograph as an ethereal time capsule and challenging its associations of the 'instant.'
In his famed Seascapes, Sugimoto sublimely captures the nature of water and air, sharpening and blurring the elements together into a seamless, formless entity. This reflection of the human condition and its relationship with time follows through his exploration of historical topics and timeless beauty as he uniquely replicates the world around us.
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