{"product_id":"hiroshi-sugimoto-lake-superior-eagle-river-2014-2003-limited-edition-96-360","title":"Hiroshi Sugimoto - Lake Superior, Eagle River 2014\/2003 (Limited Edition 96\/360)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"DescriptionSection__StyledDescriptionSection-sc-d1c5deeb-0 hcJrue\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"184\" data-end=\"202\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"188\" data-end=\"200\"\u003eThe Item\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"697\"\u003eThis limited edition print\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—96\/360 printed in 2014 from a 2003 negative\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e—of \u003cem data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"261\"\u003eLake Superior, Eagle River\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to Hiroshi Sugimoto’s iconic \u003cem data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"310\"\u003eSeascapes\u003c\/em\u003e series, his lifelong meditation on time, stillness, and the elemental. Each photograph in this body of work captures the meeting point of sea and sky, reduced to a horizon that feels both infinite and impermanent. This edition, from \u003cem data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"559\"\u003eThe Long Never\u003c\/em\u003e, renders the landscape in stark abstraction: a near-monochrome field of water and light that hovers between presence and disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"697\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1725\"\u003eThe Long Never\u003c\/em\u003e (2014) pairs Sugimoto’s meditations on the natural world with text by Jonathan Safran Foer, forming a dialogue between image and language about permanence and erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"203\" data-end=\"697\"\u003eLimited to 360 copies, each work exemplifies the precision of fine Japanese printing and Western bookmaking, an intersection of craftsmanship and philosophy that mirrors Sugimoto’s own cross-cultural vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"704\" data-end=\"724\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"708\" data-end=\"722\"\u003eThe Artist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"725\" data-end=\"1214\"\u003eHiroshi Sugimoto is a contemporary Japanese photographer whose practice explores memory, time, and perception. Through long exposure and an almost scientific precision, his work investigates how photography can both preserve and distort the real. Influenced by Dadaist and Surrealist theory, Sugimoto’s \u003cem data-start=\"1037\" data-end=\"1048\"\u003eSeascapes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"1050\" data-end=\"1060\"\u003eDioramas\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1076\"\u003eTheaters\u003c\/em\u003e series transform ordinary subjects into metaphysical studies, images that feel simultaneously ancient and futuristic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"1221\" data-end=\"1244\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1242\"\u003eThe Tradition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1680\"\u003eIn Japanese aesthetics, the horizon has long represented both boundary and continuity: a line that divides, yet unites, heaven and earth. Sugimoto’s \u003cem\u003eSeascapes\u003c\/em\u003e extend this lineage into the photographic medium, merging traditional concepts of \u003cem data-start=\"1485\" data-end=\"1489\"\u003ema\u003c\/em\u003e (間, negative space) and \u003cem data-start=\"1514\" data-end=\"1518\"\u003emu\u003c\/em\u003e (無, nothingness) with Western minimalism. The result is a visual koan: an image that stills the viewer, asking not what is seen, but what endures beyond sight.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"1221\" data-end=\"1244\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1242\"\u003eThe Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescriptionSection__StyledDescriptionSection-sc-d1c5deeb-0 hcJrue\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"657\" data-start=\"248\"\u003eIn Japanese culture, contemplation of nature has long served as a mirror for self-understanding. From Zen ink paintings to haiku poetry, artists have sought to reveal the human condition through the rhythms of wind, water, and light. Sugimoto’s work simultaneously channels and diverges from this tradition, incorporating techniques, materials, and questions of modernity into an ancient mode of reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1256\" data-start=\"659\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWith his \u003cem data-end=\"251\" data-start=\"240\"\u003eSeascapes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-end=\"263\" data-start=\"253\"\u003eDioramas\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-end=\"279\" data-start=\"269\"\u003eTheaters\u003c\/em\u003e series, Sugimoto destabilizes our relationship with the natural world, placing us in an uncanny valley between the organic and the artificial. In \u003cem data-end=\"437\" data-start=\"426\"\u003eSeascapes\u003c\/em\u003e, he renders the horizon as a barren, almost extraterrestrial expanse through long, inverted exposures. In \u003cem data-end=\"554\" data-start=\"544\"\u003eDioramas\u003c\/em\u003e, he exposes the constructed nature of our idea of the “natural,” summoning a stillness so exacting it becomes uncanny, one that reverses the directionality of the diorama’s gaze so that we, the viewers, become the subjects on display. Finally, in \u003cem data-end=\"781\" data-start=\"771\"\u003eTheaters\u003c\/em\u003e, Sugimoto distills cinema into pure light, compressing an entire film’s duration into a single, radiant frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1515\" data-start=\"1258\"\u003eAcross these bodies of work, Sugimoto collapses distinctions between reality and representation, presence and illusion, natural and artificial. The result is a sustained meditation on perception: how vision can reveal truth, and how easily it can deceive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescriptionSection__StyledDescriptionSection-sc-d1c5deeb-0 hcJrue\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-start=\"1221\" data-end=\"1244\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1225\" data-end=\"1242\"\u003eThe Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTITLE: \u003cem data-end=\"2172\" data-start=\"2144\"\u003eLake Superior, Eagle River\u003c\/em\u003e (Limited Edition)\u003cbr data-end=\"2193\" data-start=\"2190\"\u003ePortfolio Title: \u003cem data-end=\"2230\" data-start=\"2214\"\u003eThe Long Never\u003c\/em\u003e – Hiroshi Sugimoto \u0026amp; Jonathan Safran Foer\u003cbr data-end=\"2275\" data-start=\"2272\"\u003eEDITION: From a rare edition of 360, signed and numbered by Sugimoto \u003cbr\u003eNOTE: A copy of the justification page is affixed to the back of the mat\u003cbr data-end=\"2442\" data-start=\"2439\"\u003eDATE (NEGATIVE): 2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDATE (PRINT): 2014\u003cbr\u003ePRINT: Lithograph on Phoenix Motion Xantur 115 g\/sm paper\u003cbr data-end=\"2543\" data-start=\"2540\"\u003ePAPER: Medium weight, satin\/matte finish\u003cbr data-end=\"2616\" data-start=\"2613\"\u003ePUBLISHER: Damiani \u0026amp; Matsumoto Editions\u003cbr data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"2662\" data-start=\"2659\"\u003eORIGIN (PRINT): New York, USA\u003cbr data-end=\"2696\" data-start=\"2693\"\u003eSIZE (IMAGE): 9 x 7 inches\u003cbr data-end=\"2735\" data-start=\"2732\"\u003eSIZE (MOUNT): 16 x 14 inches\u003cbr data-end=\"2774\" data-start=\"2771\"\u003eBORDER: None (Full Bleed Print)\u003cbr data-end=\"2818\" data-start=\"2815\"\u003eCONDITION: Mint\u003cbr data-end=\"2840\" data-start=\"2837\"\u003eVErSO: Professionally mounted with archival materials on 4-ply museum mat board\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Another Country","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47683106832635,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/2064\/1275\/files\/Hiroshi-Sugimoto.jpg?v=1762531603","url":"https:\/\/inanothercountry.co\/products\/hiroshi-sugimoto-lake-superior-eagle-river-2014-2003-limited-edition-96-360","provider":"Another Country","version":"1.0","type":"link"}