Hiroshi Sugimoto

Hiroshi Sugimoto

Hiroshi Sugimoto was born on February 23, 1948, in Tokyo Japan. He is a well-known photographer as well as an architect. He began photographing in high school but studied politics at Rikkyo University in Tokyo. His photographs are known as a sort of time capsule of a specific time and also focus on life and death and their relationship. (Wikipedia)


The first image I am choosing to talk about is this one. One thing I really like about this image is the contrast and balance. I think it has a good balance of light and dark areas, with the white in the background and more darkness in the foreground. Another thing I really like about this image is the framing that the artist achieved. The gorilla in the right foreground is the subject and the canopy of trees along with the darker foreground frame it perfectly.


The second image I am choosing to talk about is this one. When looking at Sugimoto’s work, I saw a lot of nature but I also wanted to choose one of his images that was more of that time capsule type of photo. I think one thing I really enjoy about this piece is the lighting. I think the photographer did a good job making sure the subject caught your eye by being the brightest. I also think he did a really good job capturing the feeling of the photo through the style of the subject as well as the intentional choices of the background.



    Overall I really enjoy Hiroshi Sugimotos work. I think I definitely prefer his nature photography because I think its really really difficult to take excellent pictures of animals since you cant really control them but I think he does a good job with all of his work.


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