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Hiroshi Sugimoto : nature of light

by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Larry J. Schaaf, Minoru Shimizu

This collection features photographic prints developed from nineteenth-century paper negatives alongside images created by applying electrical current directly to film. The works explore historical photographic processes and scientific experiments involving electrical discharge.

Accession 11991 ISBN 9784904257050 Publisher Koko Okano, Izu Photo Museum, Nohara
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