The eeriness of the copy: Sugimoto's portraits of wax figures At first glance, Hiroshi Sugimoto's photographic portrait of King Henry VIII of England is arresting: Sugimoto's camera has captured the tactility of Henry's furs and silks, the elaborate embroidery of his doublet, the light reflecting off of each shimmering jewel. The contours of the king's face are so lifelike that he appears to be almost three-dimensional. It seems as though the 21st-century artist has traveled back in time nearly 500 years to photograph his ...
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The eeriness of the copy: Sugimoto's portraits of wax figures At first glance, Hiroshi Sugimoto's photographic portrait of King Henry VIII of England is arresting: Sugimoto's camera has captured the tactility of Henry's furs and silks, the elaborate embroidery of his doublet, the light reflecting off of each shimmering jewel. The contours of the king's face are so lifelike that he appears to be almost three-dimensional. It seems as though the 21st-century artist has traveled back in time nearly 500 years to photograph his royal subject. But Sugimoto's portraits of historical figures are fictions, at least twice removed from their subjects, made by photographing a wax figure that has been created by a sculptor from either a photographic portrait or a painted one. Sugimoto shoots his subjects in black and white, posing the "sitter" against a black background, amplifying the illusion that we are viewing a contemporary portrait in which the subject has stepped out of history. This volume presents the photographer's images of the wax figures alongside a selection of portraits of living subjects and photographs of memento mori. As with his other major bodies of work-- Dioramas , Seascapes and Theaters --Sugimoto's Portraits address the passage of time and history, and question the nature of the "reality" captured by the camera. Hiroshi Sugimoto: Portraits is the fourth in a series of books on Sugimoto's major bodies of work and presents 70 photographs, 7 of which have never before been published. Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1948) has helped define what it means to be a multidisciplinary contemporary artist, his photographs blurring the lines between photography, painting, installation and architecture. Sugimoto divides his time between Tokyo and New York City.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, first printing. Signed in silver marker on the front free end paper by Sugimoto. Hardcover. Fine cloth-covered boards, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. Photographs and text by Hiroshi Sugimoto. Creative direction and design by Takaaki Matsumoto, Matsumoto Incorporated, New York. Editorial coordination, copy editing and production management by Amy Wilkins, Matsumoto Incorporated, New York. Color separations, printing and binding by Grafiche Damiani, Italy. Printed on Phoenix Motion Xantur 170 gsm paper. 120 pp., with 70 duotone plates. 11-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches. Near fine in publisher's shrink-wrap (bump to dust-jacket and cover at the crown of the spine, not affecting text block; else new). From the publisher: "At first glance, Hiroshi Sugimoto's photographic portrait of King Henry VIII of England is arresting: his camera has captured the tactility of Henry's luxurious furs and silks, the elaborate embroidery of his doublet, and the light reflecting off of each shimmering jewel. The contours of the king's face are so lifelike that he appears to be almost threedimensional. It seems as though the twenty-first century artist has traveled back in time nearly five hundred years to photograph his royal subject. While Sugimoto's portraits of historical figures appear to capture a lived moment in time, they are fictions. These portraits are in fact at least twice removed from the subject: his photograph captures a wax figure that has been created by a sculptor from either a photographic portrait or a painted one. The portraits of wax figures, which in this volume are presented alongside a handful of portraits of living subjects and memento mori, call into question what it is the portrait captures. As with his other major bodies of work-'Dioramas', 'Seascapes', 'Theaters'-Sugimoto's 'Portraits' address the passage of time and history. We take it for granted that a photograph of a living subject is true, but what does that mean? " Signed by Author.
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New in a New dust jacket. Signed by author. Signed by Acclaimed, World Renowned Photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, in person. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 120 p. Audience: General/trade. A New (Pristine Condition) copy in a New (Pristine Condition) dust jacket; a tight copy, that was bought new and never read; opened only for signing. First Edition-First Printing. Signed by acclaimed Photographer and Author Hiroshi Sugimoto, in person, with a silver marker on the front free end paper (Hiroshi's chosen page to sign) at his Author appearance on November 1, 2019, in New York City. A photo of Hiroshi during the event, and the event flyer will be included. In "Portraits" Hiroshi portraits of historical figures appear to capture a lived moment in time; they are in fact, fictions. The portraits within this collectible copy are in fact at least twice removed from the subject; his photographs capture a wax figure that has been created by a sculptor from either a photographic portrait or a painted one. Rest assured; this collectible copy is well protected in a clear archival Mylar cover; and will be very carefully packaged with protective material; and will be shipped in a new box. We always treat all of our books, and book buyers with the utmost respect.
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