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Hiroshi Sugimoto — Stockholm City Library
Hiroshi Sugimoto

Stockholm City Library

A hauntingly still gelatin silver print by Hiroshi Sugimoto captures the iconic rotunda of Stockholm City Library in luminous, otherworldly tones. Sugimoto's mastery of light and long exposure transforms the cylindrical reading room into an almost sacred space, where curved shelves of books rise toward the ceiling in perfect, silent symmetry. The image evokes his signature meditation on time, memory, and architecture, reducing the library to its purest geometric essence.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.

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April 1, 2014

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Hiroshi Sugimoto, Stockholm City Library

A hauntingly still gelatin silver print by Hiroshi Sugimoto captures the iconic rotunda of Stockholm City Library in luminous, otherworldly tones. Sugimoto's mastery of light and long exposure transforms the cylindrical reading room into an almost sacred space, where curved shelves of books rise toward the ceiling in perfect, silent symmetry. The image evokes his signature meditation on time, memory, and architecture, reducing the library to its purest geometric essence.

Medium
Gelatin silver print.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Interior Space, Contemporary Photographer, 20th Century, Serene Mood, Contemplative Mood, Male Artist, Architecture Photography, Long Exposure, Japanese Artist, Black and White Photography, Gelatin Silver Print, Architectural Photography, Monochromatic, Minimalism, Black and White

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Alex Capecelatro