Hiroshi Sugimoto: Becoming an Artist | Art21 "Exclusive"

Episode #141: Filmed in his New York studio, artist Hiroshi Sugimoto recounts his student days studying Western philosophy (Hegel, Kant, Marx) in Tokyo, encountering Oriental philosophy (such as Zen Buddhism) in California, and his interest in the history of Modernism—all schools of thought that demonstrate "the human ability to see things in a different way."

Central to Hiroshi Sugimoto's work is the idea that photography is a time machine, a method of preserving and picturing memory and time. Sugimoto sees with the eye of the sculptor, painter, architect, and philosopher. He creates images that seem to convey his subjects' essence, whether architectural, sculptural, painterly, or of the natural world.

Learn more about Hiroshi Sugimoto at: http://www.art21.org/artists/hiroshi-sugimoto

CREDITS | Producer: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Interview: Susan Sollins. Camera: Mead Hunt. Sound: Merce Williams. Editor: Mary Ann Toman. Artwork Courtesy: Hiroshi Sugimoto. Video: © 2011, Art21, Inc. All rights reserved.

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[tfed1219]

his work is incredible

[darkroommonster]

Even Sugimoto has to spot his prints! He's such a master I asumed everything was always dust free and came out perfect in one try ;-)

[movementsNYC]

Inspiration

[hyperion311]

This is really interesting. I like his studio.

[mcdesignarts]

Yes modernism survived Decon-PoMo, this is the most relevant video so far, love this work

[MrSeanMDickinson]

Wonderful!

One of the best in the series by far ;]

[theotherbabies]

sweet