TIME EXPOSED: HIROSHI SUGIMOTO’S SEASCAPES
2025-12-29Drawn from a decade-long pursuit that began in 1980, this exhibition invites viewers to slow down and contemplate the elemental meeting of sea and sky, a horizon that has remained unchanged throughout human history. For Sugimoto, the ocean is both subject and metaphor, a timeless presence that anchors memory, perception, and being.
Traveling to distant coastlines across the globe, Sugimoto photographed oceans that have witnessed the passage of civilizations, wars, and migrations. From the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Adriatic to the Tasman Sea, each image shares the same restrained composition: water below, sky above, divided by a nearly perfect horizon line. Yet within this apparent sameness lies infinite variation. Shifts in light, atmosphere, and weather transform each photograph into a unique meditation on time and impermanence.
Exhibition runs through to February 8th, 2026
Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Highway
Water Mill
NY 11976
