Art:21 | Hiroshi Sugimoto

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.

Hiroshi Sugimoto is featured in the Season 3 episode "Memory" of the Art21 series "Art:21 -- Art in the Twenty-First Century".

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

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[ObeesGirl]

19th century cameras don't lie? i have to dissagree with you. A camera is a tool to be used. no difference than any other tool. Just like a painters brush is the tool it uses to make a masterpiece. Its no difference. The difference is how you use that tool. He could have easliy taken an EXTREME close up of the picture and turned it into an entirely different object or ways to see it. its no differnent that it is today. Its not the cameras that lie, its the photographer behind it that does

[johnowensjr1234]

look at it from a different perspective, in terms of recording music. people say analog tape is better than what is used today (digital based program called pro tools) i happen to agree with this. all music today is compressed, loud and lacks warmth. the point is, certain dated formats are much more affective then new ones.

[fiercetothemaxy]

@ObeesGirl cameras don't lie - people lie.

[panzarw]

Photography is dying, its very sad, the DSLR dont give that feeling of film - nor in quality nor in use.Chems is hard to find, but to give a roll some idiot to develop - no way.

I think there should be an old SLR converted into a DSLR and also with the same limitations as the slr had !!

[aitch3]

It is just his aesthetic.

He is talking about the fact that when photography started in the 19th century you didn't have all the studio lamps etc--you had to depend on the sunlight for your in studio photos.

I love digital photography for myself but admire Hiroshi and Sally Mann who used the old time format cameras and develop in a darkroom. I believe it is crucial to keep this art going--esp the black and white--as digital becomes the norm. which it already is.

[TheRealSamDole]

@Zweihander11 All. Cameras. Work. With. "Real." Light.

[mellraizer]

@johnowensjr1234 God, i so agree.

[MisterDanLorth]

the color correction in this is amazing. great light

[erickBUENO2009]

oh yeah! what a great statement ObeesGirl

[erickBUENO2009]

what a genius, 5 stars

[KnightsbridgeAce]

Great advice

[boyhoybuloy]

I couldn't help but agree... Its like, a chicken soup made from scratch is always better (healthier or soulful) than the canned version. :-)