Yoshii Gallery is pleased to present In Praise of Shadows by Hiroshi Sugimoto. See search results for this author. To craft his exquisite black-and-white images, Hiroshi Sugimoto uses a 19th-century-style, large-format camera, exploring his idea of photography as a method for preserving and modeling time. These lithographs were inspired when Sugimoto installed a single candle which cast a shadow on a wall in a dark room. This print, a view from an installation also entitled In Praise of Shadows, is made with the aid of a camera obscura, or a pin-hole camera. This artist's book, in Praise of Shadows from Japanese artist and photographer Sugimoto, explores the image of the candle flame and the shadow it casts. In Praise of Shadows Hardcover – January 1, 1999 by Hiroshi Sugimoto (Author) › Visit Amazon's Hiroshi Sugimoto Page.
View fullsize. … … He has a particular interest in historic photography techniques. Are you an author? -Hiroshi Sugimoto. The exhibition features 7 lithographs by the artist, shown in New York for the first time. "In Praise of Shadows" (2003) is a sublime black and white image by Sugimoto that belongs to his "In Praise of Shadows" series that he started in 1998, admittedly inspired by German Contemporary artist Gerhard Richter's photorealist paintings of burning … In Praise of Shadow 980726, 1998. This installation was on display at the Serpentine Gallery, where Sugimoto had an exhibition … The Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto works across a variety of media, but is best known for his photographs. To craft his exquisite black-and-white images, Hiroshi Sugimoto uses a 19th-century-style, large-format camera, exploring his idea of photography as a method for preserving and modeling time. Contemporary Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto's images are world famous for the unique manner in which they suspend time and space.
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In Praise of Shadow 980816, 1998 . Available for sale from Yodo Gallery, Hiroshi Sugimoto, In Praise of Shadow (2000), Lithograph, 76 × 57 cm