Hiroshi Sugimoto

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  • Jinyo
    Member
    • Jan 2012
    • 1957
    #1

    Hiroshi Sugimoto

    I just wanted to share a link to a film about the photographer/artist Hiroshi Sugimoto.

    Hiroshi Sugimoto
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZJF4IPXcw
    Internationally acclaimed contemporary artist, Hiroshi Sugimoto, has continued to surprise the world with his discoveries of hidden beauty through the camera...


    There are many shorter films about the artist on You Tube.

    I only heard about this artist yesterday - recommended by an artist friend. I'm loving his work and the conceptual ideas that inspire it.
    The second half of the film goes into this more - fascinating work connected to a Shinto shrine, the importance of imaginative/spiritual
    connection with our ancestors, and the realization of an internal memory (that we all have the potential to realise?) of when we first became aware
    of our consciousness as a being in time and of our mortality. For Sugimoto this moment was a view of the ocean as a child and is beautifully represented in his series 'Seascapes' which have a timeless/Zen quality.

    I wondered - could this be a project for our group to explore. I'm wondering now how I might capture/locate that 'first image' and represent as a visual image.

    The artist quotes from The Heike Monogatari ' We see what must be seen - and disappear into the sea'

    all evocative and inspiring.

    Gassho

    Jinyo

    Sat Today
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    • Meitou
      Member
      • Feb 2017
      • 1656
      #2
      As I just replied on the other thread, HS is one of my favourite photographers and his Seascapes have been a constant inspiration to me.
      I think you've answered your own question, a fascinating and appropriate project is right there in your words - it's quite a challenge but I'm already thinking about how to work with it.
      Please let's continue with this discussion.
      Gassho
      Meitou
      Sattoday lah
      命 Mei - life
      島 Tou - island

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        • Heiso
          Member
          • Jan 2019
          • 834
          #3
          Oh interesting, yes we were discussing him elsewhere recently. This sounds a very interesting idea.


          Gassho

          Heiso

          StLah

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            • Jinyo
              Member
              • Jan 2012
              • 1957
              #4
              Thank you Meitou and Heiso. Any other links that you have would be greatly appreciated.
              I had a look at a book/catalogue that goes with his seascapes project but it was very expensive - prints equally so as he only releases a few.
              The similarity with Rothko is fascinating.

              I would love to continue the discussion - first time in so long that I feel inspired to produce some creative work.

              Gassho

              Jinyo

              Sat today

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                • Cooperix
                  Member
                  • Nov 2013
                  • 502
                  #5
                  Thank you jinyo,

                  Inspiring. Beautiful.
                  And a glass staircase!

                  Gassho
                  Anne

                  ~lahst~

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