Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theatres by Hans Belting; Photographer-Hiroshi Sugimoto - 2000-01-01

New York And London: Sonnabend Sundell Editions and Eyestorm. Very Good. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0615115969 . This book is a compilation of b&w photographs taken by Japanese photographer, Hiroshi Sugimoto. Housed in a silver slipcase in good condition with light rubbing to all edges and a small chip to front. Boards are eggshell white and have the title in silver on spine. Book is in very good condition with light soiling on front cover near spine. Interior is clean and binding is tight. This book includes 96 photographs of old theaters mostly throughout the United States, with a few from Australia. Sugimoto is known for his attention to light and shadow, often using long exposures to create eerie scenes with unnatural lighting. He is also known for using the same 19th century box camera throughout his entire career. "The Theater of Illusion" written by Hans Belting serves as an introduction, analyzing Sugimoto's work both descriptively and… Read More

(SUGIMOTO, HIROSHI). Sugimoto, Hiroshi & Dr. Hans Belting. HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: THEATERS - DELUXE LIMITED EDITION WITH A SIGNED PHOTOGRAVURE PRINT. With a Gravure Print Signed by the Photographer. New York & London: Sonnabend Sundell Editions & Eyestorm, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Printed Boards in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, 95 illustrations in b&w. Designed by Takaaki Matsumoto. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the elegant hardbound survey of Hiroshi Sugimoto's meditative images of films projected in empty movie theaters jointly published in 2000 by Sonnabend Sundell Editions and Eyestorm. A brand new, most handsome example in the publisher's silver paper-over-boards slipcase of the deluxe edition limited to one thousand copies accompanied by the lovely 17 1/8 x 21 1/8" photogravure print entitled "U.A. Walker, New York, 1978" NUMBERED AND SIGNED "H. Sugimoto" in pencil on the lower… Read More