« Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist,
you have to be spiritual, in a way. »
Hiroshi Sugimoto
you have to be spiritual, in a way. »
Hiroshi Sugimoto
These choices have brought him a reputation for extreme technical skill. He has also received kudos for the philosophical and thematic elements of his photographs. Hiroshi Sugimoto’s most famous series are Dioramas, Portraits, Theaters and Seascapes. Dioramas focused on natural history museum displays, first at the American Museum of National History and later at other museums. Theatre’s includes photos of old movie theaters and drive-ins in the United States, shot with a 4x5 folding camera with tripod.Seascapes is a series of images of the horizon of the sea, with a large-format camera. Hiroshi Sugimoto also has taken pictures of many modern architectural works, starting with the Hall of 33 Bays in Kyoto but then moving to a series of important buildings around the globe, commissioned by Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art. (Artist website) Read Less
