Hiroshi Sugimoto: Photogenic Drawing
In this series, Hiroshi Sugimoto investigates the scientific origins of photography. In 1834, William Henry Fox Talbot produced some of the very first photograms on sensitized paper, setting a variety of botanical specimens directly on the paper’s surface and exposing the paper to sunlight. These experiments eventually yielded rudimentary paper negatives made from a camera obscura. Talbot, however, never created positive prints from many of his negatives. Alongside many prominent museums, Sugimoto is also a collector of Talbot’s early negatives, and by making photographs of these fragile, delicate objects, Sugimoto aims to at last share these very early images with the world.











Hiroshi SugimotoThe China Bridge over the River Avon at Lacock Abbey, April 3, 1840
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Hiroshi SugimotoBuckler Fern (version I), March 6, 1839 or earlier
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Hiroshi SugimotoArrangement of Botanical Specimens, 1839
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Hiroshi SugimotoStatuette of the Laocoön, probably November 26, 1845
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Hiroshi SugimotoStem of Leaves and Flowers, circa 1834-1839
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Hiroshi SugimotoPortrait of Charles Porter, April 7, 1842
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Hiroshi SugimotoLeaves of Asparagus, October 4, 1840
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Hiroshi SugimotoAsplenium Halleri, Grande Chartreuse 1821 – Cardamine Pratensis, April 1839
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Hiroshi SugimotoRoofline of Lacock Abbey, circa 1835-1839
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Hiroshi SugimotoBotanical Specimen, possibly Rosemary, circa 1835
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