Hiroshi Sugimoto (Photographer)

                                           Hiroshi Sugimoto, Photographs of Joe (Pulitzer, 2006)

(Date Accessed: 21st April 2012)

Hiroshi Sugimoto remains one of the most technically minded photographers out there.  He uses 8x10 large format camera and very long exposures to produce his work.  Not a fan of digital photography he much prefers the outcome from a well prepared exposure or chemical mix during development.

In his interview with Deborah Martin Kao for the” Photographs for Joe Exhibition” He describes photography as the recording of time.

He talks about fossils as being “prephotography time recording devices”.   Photography is the median for recording time but now with digital photography its no longer recording time, the photograph can be manipulated any way you want so the credibility of our photography gets lost now.  Far from dismissing the genre altogether he explains that compared to painting photography is only young at 170 years old.

Interview available at:  http://sugimoto.pulitzerarts.org/interview/

UA Playhouse 1978

Image available at:   http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/theater.html

(Date Accessed:  21^st April 2012)

He created a series of images called theatre where he wanted to work with the concept of capturing a whole movie as just one frame so he went to a movie theatre and just as the film started he opened the shutter and just before it ended he closed it.  I really enjoy this collection because of the concept but also because of the beautiful shapes and shadows cast by the light from the screen.

Hiroshi Sugimoto Lightning Fields 128, 2009

References

Pulitzer (2006)Hiroshi Sugimoto, Photographs of Joe.  Available at: http://sugimoto.pulitzerarts.org/interview/ 2006 (Accessed:  21^st April 2006)