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The Hiroshi Sugimoto Collection includes the five books published by Damiani and MW Editions from 2014 to 2019 about five iconic series by the Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto. Adopting different conceptual approaches and astounding aesthetic expedients, all these series investigate Sugimoto's obsession though the photographic medium: the passing of time or, in his own words, the ôfossilization of timeö.

'Dioramas' (2014) - This series, begun when he moved to New York City from Japan in 1974, spans almost four decades. While looking at the galleries in the American Museum of Natural History, he noticed that if he looked at the dioramas with one eye closed, the artificial scenes looked utterly convincing. In the Dioramas series, Sugimoto persuades the viewer that the photographer has captured a living moment in time, although each scene is an elaborately crafted fiction.

'Seascapes' (2015) - Water and air. These primordial substances, which make possible all life on earth, are the subject of Hiro