The Hiroshi Sugimoto-designed Izu Photo Museum is set to open October 26th, with an exhibition of work by　– who else? Museum is a 2-hour train ride plus free shuttle from central Tokyo. Sugimoto exhibit until March, 2010. Photos of the space — by who else? — in this .pdf. Tweet... 

Hiroshi Sugimoto is among four — including playwright Tom Stoppard — to win a 2009 Praemium Imperiale Award. (Via) Tweet... 

“When was the last time the biggest rock star on the planet [Bono] interrupted one of his signature songs in a stadium full of screaming people to give a shout out to a fine art photographer [Hiroshi Sugimoto]?” (Via) Tweet... 

My first encounter with Hiroshi Sugimoto’s work was in a 1980s compilation of Japanese modern art featuring his movie theatre and seascape works. Not surprisingly, it took me quite a while to wrap my own mind around his visions. What is fascinating about Sugimoto’s photographs is that even when looking at work from 20 or 30 years ago, it...