Hiroshi Sugimoto: Seascapes

For more than four decades, Hiroshi Sugimoto has been photographing seascapes around the world. “A sharp horizon line and a cloudless sky– here began my consciousness.” writes Sugimoto, “From there my thoughts race to the origins of human consciousness itself. The sea reminds me that within my blood remain traces of human evolution over hundreds of thousands of years.”

Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
Black-and-white photograph of a seascape with a dark gray sky and very dark water
Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
Black-and-white photograph of a rippled seascape with a bright white sky and dark gray sea
Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
Black-and-white photograph of a very foggy seascape, with a ray of light in the center of the sky
Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
Black and white photograph of the horizon with equal parts sky and sea
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