Hiroshi Sugimoto

Hiroshi Sugimoto is a Japanese photographer born in Tokyo, Japan, who specializes in architectural photography. His first major exhibition was in the United Kingdom which was part of the Edinburgh International Festival. His art series was titled, "The Architecture of Time". This consisted of more than 30 large scaled images. 

One of my favorite images from that series is this one below: 

I like this photo a lot because of the lighting and how he chose to make it blurry. I think if the photograph was in focus it would not be as interesting. I think it being blurry gives off a different type of emotion and can allow the viewer to figure out why he made this choice that he did. The lighting is interesting because it obviously is a cross, but it illuminates the entire room and I think it is very beautiful. The lighting makes it shine almost like a path straight to the cross. 

The next photo that I really find interesting from this series is this one below: 

This photo is of the Twin Towers in New York City. I think this photo caught my eye because I know the towers are gone now. It is a dark and mysterious photograph that is again blurred. This gives off an ominous feeling and or a memorial feeling. I am not sure when this photo was taken, but looking at it now gives off a sense of  reembrace for the towers. 

All of Hiroshi Sugimoto's photos are mostly blurred and dark and I tend to really be drawn to those. I love black and white photography and I enjoy all of his photographs. 

His technique of blurring his images is something I would like to try in the future to see what type of emotion and vibe I can give off from this being an intentional choice.