Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theaters by Sugimoto, Hiroshi; Hans Belting - 2000

New York: Sonnabend Sundell Editions & eyestorm & Walther Konig, 2000. Hardcover. SIGNED. First edition, first printing. Fine/As New hardcover in a Fine/As New slipcase still enclosed in the publisher's shrink wrap; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. This volume features the complete collection of the renowned Theaters series, in which Sugimoto opened his shutter as a film began and closed it as it concluded. "Different movies give different brightnesses. If it's an optimistic story, I usually end up with a bright screen; if it's a sad story, it's a dark screen. Occult movie? Very dark." The spine and covers of the book have been silk-screened with Day-glo ink so it glows in the dark. Photographs and statement by Hiroshi Sugimoto; essay by Hans Belting. SIGNED BY SUGIMOTO on the title page with a calligraphy brush in black ink; no inscription. From an unnumbered edition limited to 4000 copies. 224 pages; 96 full-page quadra-toned b&w plates; 11 x 12 inches. Exhibition history, bibliography, index. Ref: Parr & Badger, Photobook, Vol. I, p308 "amongst the most ravishing photobooks ever published;" Roth, Open Book, p390; Auer, 802 Photobooks, p757. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.