Hiroshi Sugimoto

 Hey Teach,

I was really stuck between Hiroshi Sugimoto and Gregory Crewdson, their photos are both gorgeous in separate ways, Hiroshi being very absurd, dark, and surreal. Whereas Gregory creates a story before your eyes, with vivid colors, interesting poses, and very wide images. I was enticed by both, but at the end of the day I have to admit that Hiroshi and his notes left me much more intrigued. Every one of his artworks has a personal blurb from him, longer or shorter depending. The way he writes adds much to pieces, some may say that it means his pieces can't speak for him but I'd say just like the candles he took photos of he illuminates the thoughts behind the camera, and sometimes help do what photo can't. My favorite pieces were the wax statues, the tall figure, and his sea of buddhas. The last one called to me more than the others, something about the way he spoke of them and the exact way he photographed them is just thought provoking. Before I read the blurb he left it made me think of all the pariahs and leaders nowadays that claim to know how you should be living, and how with so many crowding and contesting ideas its hard to have your own true ones. After I think that perhaps me and Hiroshi are very different but similar? He is someone who misses the past and strives to capture it in his art, and especially due to the type of photography he maybe wishes the world was slower, enjoyed itself more, and accepted life more. He was more interested in genuinely capturing the buddhas as they were, no lights, no electricity, just sun and an old camera. Hiroshi is a very interesting man, I'm curious about his ideas more and more. His Opticks shines even more with his ideals, he is a man of patience, doing the same thing for 15 years, and a man of curiosity, he seems to be very concerned with truly understanding and thinking for himself. His Revolution piece seems a perfect place to end this blog. Truly a great mind, and a full line conclusion. The pictures seem simple and even confusing but the meaning behind them is grand and thoughtful. 


Sea of Buddha 003,1995

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