TIME EXPOSED: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO'S SEASCAPES : An Exhibition from Sugimoto’s Decade-Long Photographic Project
Past exhibition
Works
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Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed: #367 Black Sea Inebolu, 1990, 1990Embossed with title and number mount rectoOffset lithograph24 x 31 cm
9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inNumber 367 from an edition of 500(Edition record)Sold -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #342 Gargano Adriatic Sea, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500£ 990.00 -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #329 South Pacific Maraenui 1990, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500£ 990.00 -
Hiroshi Sugimoto371 Marmara Sea Silivli, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ in£ 990.00
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Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #330 Tasman Sea Ngarupupu 1990, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500Sold -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #369 Marmara Sea Silivli, 1991Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ in£ 990.00 -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #310 Oki Sea Of Japan, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500Sold -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #355 Caribbean Sea Yucatan 1990, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500Sold
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Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #322 Mediterranean Sea Cassis 1989, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500Sold -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #339 Tyrrhenian Sea Positano 1990, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500Sold -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #328 South Pacific Maraenui 1990, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500(Edition record)£ 990.00 -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #324 Mediterranean Sea La Ciotat 1989, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500Sold
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Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #357 Irish Sea, Isle of Man, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500£ 990.00 -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #305 Sea of Japan Hokkaido 1986, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500£ 990.00 -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #325 Sea of Okhotsk Hokkaido 1989, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500£ 990.00 -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #333 Arctic Ocean Nord Kapp 1990, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500Sold
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Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #311 Oki Sea of Japan, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500(Edition record)£ 990.00 -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #335 Norwegian Sea Vesteralen Island 1990, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500Sold -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed #312 Pacific Ocean Oregon 1985, 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 ccm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500£ 1,100.00 -
Hiroshi SugimotoTime Exposed: #316 Atlantic Ocean Cliffs of Moher (1989), 1990Edition of 500. Lithographic print, top edge tipped on to card mount, blind stamped with title, date and number, published by Mitsomura, Tokyo, Japan.Offset lithographPrint 23.8 x 31.1 cm
9 3/8 x 12 ¼ in
Mount 35 x 46.4 cm
13 ¾ x 18 ¼ inEdition of 500(Edition record)Sold
Overview
“Time crosses the seas to wash up on the shore of ideas, whereupon ideas become the beach of equations.”
Hiroshi Sugimoto on his Seascapes series.
We are delighted to present Time Exposed: Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Seascapes, an exhibition of twenty works drawn from Sugimoto’s decade-long photographic project. This series captures seas from multiple global bodies of water, including the Adriatic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Ionian Sea, Pacific Ocean, and Tasman Sea.
Over this series, Sugimoto photographed the same seascapes repeatedly, observing subtle transformations of light, weather, and water across hours and days. Using large-format black-and-white film cameras, he carefully composes each image with the horizon dividing sea and sky.
Sugimoto has described this work as evoking a deep, ancestral resonance with the sea, reflecting a human connection that precedes specific memory or geography. As he has remarked, “Time crosses the seas to wash up on the shore of ideas, whereupon ideas become the beach of equations,” suggesting that each moment of observation allows perception and thought to take shape.
Seen together, the Seascapes articulate a quietly human perspective. By presenting the sea without distinction of place or culture, they offer a view of the world that is shared across difference; the horizon, unchanged from one location to another, becomes a point of equivalence, inviting the viewer to pause, observe, and engage with the passage of time.
