week 3  - photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto

*      Hiroshi born in Tokyo, Japan and moved to New York in 1974 after graduated from Art Center  
College of Design, LA.

*     Hiroshi start taking photograph in his high school as a project work photographing film footage of Audrey Hepburn as it played in a movie theatre. He start working as a dealer of  Japanese antiquities after graduate. He is also an accomplished architect and show interest in  20th century buildings.

*     Hiroshi began his work with Dioramas in 1976, a series in which his photographs displays in natural history museum. The technic he used in this series make the fake objects so real. Details of his works can be found on his website as mention below.

*    Hiroshi began working on Theatres series in 1978 and followed by Seascapes in 1980 which is working on series of photographs of the sea and its horizon.

*   Hiroshi started  architecture series in 1995.

*    Hiroshi writes his own history of the world and has said "photography functions as a fossilization of time"

*    Beside winning many awards and showcase his works in many exhibitions, Hiroshi also publish books of his works.

*    Hiroshi Sugimoto is represented by
      -Fraenkel Gallery
      -Gallery Koyangi
      - Pace

*   More details of Hiroshi at www.sugimotohiroshi.com

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