Hiroshi Sugimoto - "True artists are strange!"

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Graeme Williams - Photographic Conversations

5 ай бұрын

THIS VIDEO: Hiroshi Sugimoto's work is quiet and open-ended and it fuses Invention, philosophy, history with documentary photography. To really appreciate his work one has to slow down, breathe out and get oneself into a contemplative space. His process of creating work is complex and in order to appreciate it, one has to allow time for the communication to occur. For su-ji-moto and the viewer this work is a process of discovery rather than a document of fact. He immerses himself in the process of building a series of photographs and explores his themes in the manner that is more similar to a poet or a scientist. His work involves questions about the human condition, meaning and he is fascinated by the mysteries of time.
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ABOUT ME: The conversations focus on topics related to different aspects of photography including: art, documentary and photojournalism. The discussions explore the personal experiences of photographers and artists and how their work reflects both their internal and external landscape. During the past 30 years I have photographed in over 50 countries for magazines including National Geographic, Time, New York Times and Newsweek. I have held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Paris and my work is showcased in private and institutional art collections around the world.
COPYRIGHT: The copyright for all images belongs to the photographer/s being discussed.
WEBSITE: www.graemewilliams.co.za
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MUSIC:KZfaq Audio - Lost in Prayer - Doug Maxwell, E Minor Prelude, Chopin, No7 Alone with my thoughts - Esther Abrami
VIDEO CLIPS: Hiroshi Sugimoto 'My camera works as a time machine' Hayward Gallery, Hiroshi Sugimoto Four Decades of Photographing Dioramas, Hiroshi Sugimoto Interview Advice to the Young, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Hiroshi Sugimoto Becoming an Artist Art21 Extended Play

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@sonofoneintheuniverse 5 ай бұрын

One of my favourite photographers. Slow paced and deep photography, timeless work.

@almostgreen9498 5 ай бұрын

I always pinch myself after watching one of your videos. How can something this good be on KZfaq for free? This episode was beyond wonderful

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

It is comments like this that keep me motivated. Thanks!

@bowenisland100 5 ай бұрын

A wonderful introduction to another new-to-me photographer. I appreciate how sensitive your presentation is. Thank you!

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@jordiegundersen1465 4 ай бұрын

Upon observing society I find that non-artists are strange..!

@PhotoConversations 4 ай бұрын

Hi Jordie That's funny...but true.

@jim5017 5 ай бұрын

My wife and I were lucky enough to see the Sugimoto exhibition in London December 23. Amazing. You simply cannot get the awareness of size and detail or the experience from videos or books.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Hi Jim Yes, I would love to see the prints in a gallery space.

@synaptophysin 5 ай бұрын

I've been drawn to his photography for some time and appreciate your discussion of his work.

@jimphilpott902 5 ай бұрын

This is new material for me. I suspect he is an artist and a good person. His sensitivity and empathy for the world emerge.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Yes, he comes across as a really wise man.

@daniel_913 4 ай бұрын

This man is exactly why you should never follow rules in photography. Landscape photographers say you should never put the horizon in the middle on a photo. Well, Sugimoto did and I love those seascape images.

@PhotoConversations 4 ай бұрын

Hi Daniel Yes, learn about the rules and then let them go.

@raineterno8370 5 ай бұрын

"Normal" people can't be artist, too many people are mediocre. It takes passion & dedication to strive to be a true artist. Society is filled with people who live like sheep, follow the rules and stay within the lines. When artist challenge the rules & perception of life.

@tommartin9731 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this sensitive presentation

@COShea-iw6ii 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for creating this story about Mr. Sugimoto. I am directed toward the thing I haven't been able to describe... time, my existence, the intersection.

@PhotoConversations 4 ай бұрын

Yes, he is a thinker and a searcher for meaning.

@xfloodcasual8124 5 ай бұрын

Still have a newsprint flyer for a Sugimoto show on the wall next to my bed for the past 20 years, all wrinkled and yellow now. Great stuff!

@PhotoConversations 4 ай бұрын

You're a real fan then!

@MattWeddis 5 ай бұрын

That was very interesting. Thank you.

@stevewilliamson7264 5 ай бұрын

Love your channel! As a teen i took a color slide photo of a diorama at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. I was entranced by that diorama. Later, i threw all my slides away. It was among my favorites, even though i was sheepish about photographing another's work. I wonder how Sugimoto dealt with this.? I just now googled that diorama, and it's called "Female Lion Attacking a Dromedary". It was removed from exhibition in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and a new understanding of exploitation. Then re-exhibited with new context, only to be withdrawn again after discovering human remains as part of the diorama! Things are not always as they seem. Nor as permanent, as Sugimoto reminds. Thank you so much for your careful commentary and for turning me on to new-to-me work, and sending me down another rabbit hole!

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Hi Steve That is such an interesting story - and perfectly exposes the reactionary nature of present day society. It might be other's work, but what he (and maybe you) were doing, was putting your own interpretation on top of theirs. Sounds fine to me.

@Bigtbone205 5 ай бұрын

Another great video. I had only seen his picture theatre photos before. Im surprised this channel hasnt grown more quickly...but it will. Thanks mate.. from Australia

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Me too! But thanks for the vote of confidence.

@pakkeungwan 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for drawing out the themes and working processes in Sugimoto's work, I find his photo's compelling and often unnerving whilst in their presence. Could I say, his name, Sugimoto, is pronounced with a 'G' as in Grass, and not a J.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Hi I always try to find out how to pronounce names, but I see that I must have watched the wrong videos. Thanks very much for letting me know.

@channamasala 5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@kimanderson5273 5 ай бұрын

Interesting artist. His work is not my cup of tea, but it's good to see what others are doing. Thanks

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Hi Kim Yes, he is a photographic world of his own.

@johnbarrow3477 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. This is the best presentation of Sugimoto's work I've seen. His dioramas and theatres have fascinated me for a long time.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Thanks John I hope that you are well.

@LloydSpencer 5 ай бұрын

Wow! Graeme… brilliant video. Fascinating. Blurred photos are, well, just blurred. Conceptual indeed. But I do hope that some of those millions have found a way into his pocket. Amazing work on Fox Talbot.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Lloyd I find when looking at everything he has done, I get a feeling for what moves him. I don't mind the blurry work.

@user-cx1qn3hm7b 4 ай бұрын

That was fascinating, thanks Graeme.

@janette0008 4 ай бұрын

Thanks G, another wonderful video to watch !

@thomaseriksson6256 5 ай бұрын

My goal in life was to be a mad Scientist. I only got the first part right. So I stared to take photographs. Thank you for a good video and analyses. I recognize the Cinema pictures but there was lot of new concept pictures to think about. I agree with that the aim is create a feeling in the viewer.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Oh well, you are half way there.

@kentmillerstudios 5 ай бұрын

Stunning!

@johnpeterson7264 2 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation !

@robertgordon6362 5 ай бұрын

Excellent as always. Thank you.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Robert

@alistairwilson5344 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for a great video. I was lucky enough to catch his electricity series on tour many years ago and was just mesmerized by there effect on me. Still have a beautiful print from the series that never fails to touch something in me whenever my eyes rest upon it. The lovely bit is the ambiguity and the different directions it can set my head and heart off on....never get tired of that.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Alistair

@LloydSpencer 5 ай бұрын

Trouble with conceptual art is that generally the explanation of the concept is much more satisfying than any experience of the artwork itself. I don’t need to see Carl Andre’s ‘Brick’. I think your excellent video means I need not actually go see any of the work discussed.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Don't think, just look and feel!

@pamelasmith8652 5 ай бұрын

Brilliant!!! JT

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Pamela

@OrtoInScatola 4 ай бұрын

Best video I have ever seen about this unique artist

@PhotoConversations 4 ай бұрын

Many thanks!

@void.lawyer 5 ай бұрын

Nice video

@PeterLevitan 4 ай бұрын

wow.

@art69ist 5 ай бұрын

🙏

@haithamalmuzayan3050 5 ай бұрын

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

@rdavis7350 4 ай бұрын

Artist ties himself in knots with his 'art'.

@KOACAINE 5 ай бұрын

I would like to know more about the equipment and film types that he uses.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Hi I am afraid, I am not that guy. Equipment and technical questions don't really fit into my idea of creativity - they are just things to sort out before doing the actual work.

@muminhn1002 4 ай бұрын

Once you find your subject of exploration the technical part will fall in place naturally. At least it happened to me. Good luck.

@j.c.3800 4 ай бұрын

I think Sugimoto means "normal" when he says an artist can't be "good".

@jordiegundersen1465 4 ай бұрын

What does he mean by “A good person”?

@snowliontigre 4 ай бұрын

It was a polite way of saying, conformist.

@PhotoConversations 4 ай бұрын

He is just messing about - I don't think he means good - As snowliontigre says, he probably means conformist.

@bertvansloten8449 4 ай бұрын

a normal person

@ambientjapan4k 18 күн бұрын

FYI: "Sugimoto" is pronounced with a hard 'G', not "jee"

@PhotoConversations 5 күн бұрын

Yes, thanks a Japanese speaking person put me right on that.

@glenngray3966 4 ай бұрын

Promo SM 😄

@valboolin3538 5 ай бұрын

Koroleva cerdec

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

большое спасибо

@michael4250 4 ай бұрын

So if you are not "strange" you are not a true artist? Ha ha ha.

@PhotoConversations 4 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@trancedrifter 4 ай бұрын

AI-tier photography. Photo is a photo, a captured moment of reality, real objects, real time. These manipulations with wax dolls etc. might look good, but they lack life, emotions, soul, any art without these features is ''normal'', as he says.

@cyphermote6857 5 ай бұрын

It is a bit rich that someone who's stock in trade is vagueness gets asked about being an artist and he promptly puts rules around it - requirements. This shows that just because he "does", does not mean that he "knows". Art is is a grand concept that manifests itself in many forms, disciplines and narratives. I like his work... but he talks too much about the process in his mind. Secure artists are sanguine about letting their art breathe by itself.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

For me creating videos, it is really helpful to have footage of photographers speaking about their work. But I know what you mean.

@void.lawyer 5 ай бұрын

Dude just because his work is "vague" doesnt mean he doesn't have a tightly regimented process to create said work. That goes for every artist. And about him talking about his process, he was asked by the interviewer for this video. But by all means, keep that nose in the air.

@cyphermote6857 5 ай бұрын

@@void.lawyer Of course his process can be regimented - he just cannot put rules around what other artists should be. Yes, he was asked by the interviewer but his response shows he is not aware of the contradiction himself. My nose cannot be "in the air" because I am able to see a clear contradiction and point it out (from his own comments). Most of the threads here are full of blind hero worship - I'm just pointing out what is obvious in the content of the video itself. I do not need to apologise for that. Might need a second watch if you are not convinced. Sometimes people can produce great art but not be aware of the process. Clearly he has been told too many times about the greatness of his work, giving him the liberty to talk nonsense. My problem might be that I am wasting my precious time pointing this out... but it is what I would teach to students so it is a bit difficult to let it slide.

@saltspringdesign 4 ай бұрын

let’s remember that art critics are not themselves great artists. Many are, in fact, failed artists themselves, same for music critics. Collectors these days are also pretentious AF and often don’t really care for the art they purchase, to them it’s a matter of prestige and investment. Human’s are often pompous and overblown in their thoughts, words and actions. When a group of collectors decide one way or another on a given artist it is a form of insider trading because they know if they all buy then the value of the art they buy goes up. Sugimoto does give some good and rather obvious advice to young aspiring artists and that is to live first so that one’s art can have depth of experience behind it. Also that artists often embrace and revel in their own eccentricities rings true to me.

@eugenebean_ 4 ай бұрын

@swordsdiagnostic 4 ай бұрын

morgue , arrogance

@OwenEDell 5 ай бұрын

A good person can't be a successful artist? He must be joking. As for the seascapes, I'm not impressed.

@PhotoConversations 5 ай бұрын

Definitely joking.

@trancedrifter 4 ай бұрын

Successful - yes. Great, outstanding, genius? - No. Being a ''bad'' person comes as an obligatory option with being a genius. The brighter the object - the darker the shadow behind it.