Theaters

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Theaters is a renowned photographic series by Hiroshi Sugimoto in which he captures entire films as single long-exposure images inside movie theaters and drive-ins, leaving the screens glowing as blank white rectangles.

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instanceOf photographic series
alsoKnownAs Sugimoto Theaters NERFINISHED
Theaters series
colorProcess black and white
countryOfOrigin Japan
creator Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
exhibitedAt Museum of Modern Art, New York NERFINISHED
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NERFINISHED
various international art museums and galleries
genre black-and-white photography
conceptual photography
fine art photography
hasInfluenced contemporary conceptual photographers
hasPart images of classic movie palaces
images of drive-in movie theaters
images of modern cinemas
inception 1970s
1976
influencedBy cinema
concepts of time in photography
languageOfTitle English
locationOfShooting Europe NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
various historic cinemas
mainSubject drive-in theaters
movie theaters
medium gelatin silver print
movement contemporary art
minimalism in photography
notableCharacteristic captures architectural details of theaters
centralized glowing screen
cinema screen appears as a blank white rectangle
high contrast compositions
shot from the projection booth
uses single long exposure for entire film duration
notableWorkOf Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
partOf Hiroshi Sugimoto’s conceptual series on time and perception NERFINISHED
publicationIncludes Hiroshi Sugimoto: Theaters NERFINISHED
technique large-format photography
long-exposure photography
theme accumulation of light
cinema as architecture
memory and perception
passage of time
relationship between film and still image

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Hiroshi Sugimoto notableWork Theaters