
Cinema Rise, Tokyo
A long-exposure photograph captures a movie theater's interior bathed in an ethereal, otherworldly glow, where the accumulated light of an entire film projected onto the screen creates a blindingly luminous rectangle suspended in darkness. Sugimoto's masterful use of gelatin silver print renders the ornate architectural details of the cinema in rich tonal gradations, while the audience seats sit empty and ghostly. The work meditates on the passage of time, the nature of cinema, and the relationship between light and memory.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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Photographs
October 1, 2013
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