TOKYO "Everything in my life has been a series of chain reactions and accidents," said Hiroshi Sugimoto, the renowned and multifaceted Japanese photographer, sculptor, architect and visual producer, over tea in his Tokyo studio. Sugimoto, who splits his time between New York and Tokyo, had landed in Japan the night before and was speaking about his new art space, the Enoura Observatory, poised in a citrus grove high on a hill overlooking Sagami Bay, 80km south of Tokyo.
Sugimoto's art and photography can be seen in museums spanning the globe, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and throughout Japan. Beginning with iconic black and white photographs encompassing subjects ranging from seascapes to museum dioramas, his works have drawn international acclaim and now fetch among the highest prices for contemporary photography.
