Sea of Buddha (photobook)

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Sea of Buddha (photobook) is a photographic monograph by Hiroshi Sugimoto featuring meditative, minimalist images of the thousand-armed Kannon statues at Kyoto’s Sanjūsangen-dō temple.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf photobook
photographic monograph
artMovement contemporary photography
associatedPlace Japan NERFINISHED
Kyoto NERFINISHED
Sanjūsangen-dō NERFINISHED
associatedWith Aperture Foundation NERFINISHED
Japanese Buddhist art
author Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
creator Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
depicts Sanjūsangen-dō temple interior
thousand-armed Kannon statues
documentedIn museum and gallery catalogues
features full-page photographic plates
introductory text
format monograph
genre art book
photography book
hasInfluenceOn contemporary fine-art photography of religious subjects
hasPhotographicSeries Sea of Buddha series NERFINISHED
language English
locationDepicted Kyoto, Japan NERFINISHED
mainSubject Buddhist sculpture
Kannon statues
Kyoto NERFINISHED
Sanjūsangen-dō NERFINISHED
medium black-and-white photography
notableFor evocation of timelessness
long-exposure images of Buddhist statues
minimalist composition
partOfWorkBy Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto NERFINISHED
publicationDecade 1990s
publicationYear 1997
publisher Aperture NERFINISHED
religiousContext Buddhism NERFINISHED
setting Sanjūsangen-dō, Kyoto, Japan NERFINISHED
style meditative imagery
minimalist photography
subjectOf critical essays in photography journals
targetAudience Buddhist art scholars
art historians
photography enthusiasts
theme Buddhism NERFINISHED
contemplation
repetition and seriality
sacred space

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Hiroshi Sugimoto notableWork Sea of Buddha (photobook)