To me photography functions as a fossilization of time. Hiroshi Sugimoto More Quotes by Hiroshi Sugimoto More Quotes From Hiroshi Sugimoto However fake the subject, once photographed, it's as good as real. Hiroshi Sugimoto photography real art Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view the sea, I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home; I embark on a voyage of seeing. Hiroshi Sugimoto views air home Photography is like a found object. A photographer never makes an actual subject; they just steal the image from the world... Photography is a system of saving memories. It's a time machine, in a way, to preserve the memory, to preserve time. Hiroshi Sugimoto found-objects photography memories If I already have a vision, my work is almost done. The rest is a technical problem. Hiroshi Sugimoto almost-done vision photographer The Seascapes are before human beings and after human beings. The Seascapes were there before our presence, and when our civilization is over, seascapes will still exist. Our presence is temporary. Civilization is only 5,000 to 6,000 years. The history of ours, the material history of consciousness, is rather short. Hiroshi Sugimoto consciousness civilization years Humans have changed the landscape so much, but images of the sea could be shared with primordial people. I just project my imagination on to the viewer, even the first human being. I think first and then imagine some scenes. Then I go out and look for them. Or I re-create these images with my camera. I love photography because photography is the most believable medium. Painting can lie, but photography never lies: that is what people used to believe. Hiroshi Sugimoto photography believe lying I try to never be satisfied; this way I will always be challenging my spirit. Hiroshi Sugimoto challenges trying way Art resides even in things with no artistic intentions. Hiroshi Sugimoto artistic intention art Fossils work almost the same way as photography as a record of history. The accumulation of time and history becomes a negative of the image. And this negative comes off, and the fossil is the positive side. This is the same as the action of photography. Hiroshi Sugimoto records photography negative We need to have nature back in our atmosphere. There might be a turning point of going backward - within a few thousand years we are going back to the Stone Age! There are many scenarios [with] the robot technologies: Humans no longer need to walk; machines can produce products and food and everything. You might not be able to recognize what's false and what is real. Hiroshi Sugimoto technology real years The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece. Hiroshi Sugimoto contemporary pieces art Art always helps religion; it became an inseparable phenomenon when human beings gained consciousness. Hiroshi Sugimoto consciousness helping art When I wake up I just make it happen. My dreams come true- that is the artistic practice. Hiroshi Sugimoto wake-up practice dream Art is technique: a means by which to materialize the invisible realm of the mind. Hiroshi Sugimoto mind mean art [Takashi] Murakami, do you think he is spiritual? He is more like de-spiritualized. De-spiritualized might be the most contemporary aspect of the human mind. Hiroshi Sugimoto spiritual mind thinking People have been reading photography as a true document, at the same time they are now getting suspicious. I am basically an honest person, so I let the camera capture whatever it captures whether you believe it or not is up to you; it’s not my responsibility, blame my camera, not me. Hiroshi Sugimoto photography reading believe I'm inviting the spirits into my photography. It's an act of God. Hiroshi Sugimoto photography photographer spirit Not any particular religion or school of religion, but being an artist, you have to be spiritual, in a way. Hiroshi Sugimoto artist spiritual school Population diminishing, even in Japan and Italy, the population is diminishing. When society can reach a sustainable place or gain comfortable income, then people tend to have fewer children. Poverty makes a chain reaction of having many children. So when society reaches some kind of level, then it will turn toward getting a smaller population. Hiroshi Sugimoto japan children people I came to California in 1970 and so many people were asking if I was a Buddhist or knew Zen theory, asking if I was enlightened already or not. So I said, "Yes, I am enlightened," and then I studied quickly to catch up. Hiroshi Sugimoto buddhist california people
