Sugimoto inspecting the scarves at Hermes.
Image courtesy of Hermes.
As many of you know, Hiroshi Sugimoto is perhaps one of the most well-respected photographers of our time. His landscape photographs are breathtakingly serene! A few years ago we learned that Hermès was creating a series of editioned scarves by Sugimoto and we were immediately intrigued. The scarves allowed Sugimoto to explore color in light over the course of the ten-year project. Here a quote from Sugimoto as he describes this work.
From late-2009 to the beginning of 2010, my daily routine saw me rise at 5:30 every morning. First thing, I would check for hints of light dawning above the eastern horizon. If the day promised fair weather, next I would sight the “morning star” shining to the upper right of the nascent dawn. Depending on how bright Venus appeared, I could judge the clarity of the air that day. Tokyo is clear almost every day in winter thanks to the prevailing seasonal west-higheast-low pressure patterns. Only then did I ready my old Polaroid camera and start warming up a film pack from the long winter night chill.
To read the full description click here. And if you have a bit more time, here is a wonderful video of the creation process!
The printing process!
Image courtesy of Hermès.
Image of an exhibition of the scarves in Basel, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of Hermès.
Image of an exhibition of the scarves in Basel, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of Hermès.