Hiroshi Sugimoto's Biography
Hiroshi Sugimoto is a Japanese conceptual artist born in 1948 in Tokyo, Japan. He is well known for his photographs, which often feature eerily still and serene settings. His works have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world. He is one of the most influential photographers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Sugimoto's artwork focuses on themes of memory, time, and mortality. He often uses a long exposure to capture his subjects, creating a timelessness to his photographs. Sugimoto's works are in the collections of many prestigious museums and galleries, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.