Hiroshi Sugimoto is a Japanese artist known best for his stylized photographic series. He also experiments in sculpture, performance art, and architecture. Sugimoto graduated from Saint Paul’s University in Tokyo before attending the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Following graduation, he moved to New York to begin his professional career. Perhaps his most iconic series from 1978, Theaters, includes long-exposure shots of old movie theatres around the world. Some of his other well-known series include Seascapes, Lightning Fields, and Optiks. His works are currently held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Tokyo, the National Gallery of Canada, and the Tate Gallery in London.
