Hiroshi Sugimoto was born in Japan in 1948. A photographer since the 1970s, his work deals with history and temporal existence by investigating themes of time, empiricism, and metaphysics. His primary series include: Seascapes, Theaters, Dioramas, Portraits (of Madame Tussaud’s wax figures), Architecture, Colors of Shadow, Conceptual Forms andLightning Fields.
Here are some works by Hiroshi Sugimoto:
The photos were taken in different theaters. The tone of these photos is dark. Although these dramatic images make people feel scare and bleak, but Hiroshi Sugimoto makes the mode of composition stability. He always put the screen in the middle position, and emphasis on the symmetry of the image. It can show the stability of the frame, and make people feel smooth and steady. In other words, the dark tone does not mean unstable. the fundamental of keep the balance of images is make audience feel stable.
Hiroshi Sugimoto's Series "Theaters"
Before the Seascapes series, Sugimoto was working on a large project entitled Theaters. A collection of photographs focusing on drive-in movie theaters, famous American movie places and regular cinemas, Sugimoto used a 4x5 medium format camera combined with exposure times that lasted the entire length of the film being showed at the theater.
The result was an extraordinary collection of images in black and white with a luminous screen that lit up the venue, accentuating the surrounding architecture. Sugimoto's first series to truly make a name for him as a master of slow shutter speed photography, Theaters is considered one of the first photographic collections to successfully capture time in motion.
Sugimoto's Influence on Architecture
In the 1990s, Sugimoto started photographing architecture - a new venture for the artist. His first architecture series focused on the "Hall of Thirty-Three Bays" in Japan. Sugimoto asked the staff of the building to remove all of the artifacts from the building and shot from a high vantage point, editing out all of the structural features of the building so that the focus of the images turned out to be the thousands of Bodhisattva sculptures showcased throughout the hall.
The Museum of Contemporary Art commissioned Sugimoto after the completion of his collection. His job was to capture large format photographs of notable buildings all across the United States. His series Architecturesended up as blurred views of modernist architecture. This particular series has been exhibited at numerous art museums across America.
Not only is Sugimoto famous for his photography capturing well-known architectural works, but he is also a highly acclaimed architecture himself. Sugimoto has designed architectural structures ranging from small diners to massive art museums.
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