Sigma and JINS Collaborate on Hiroshi Sugimoto's Camera Man for Extinction Exhibition
The collaboration brings together an eyewear brand and an optical manufacturer to realize Sugimoto's concept of a human camera, turning a conceptual artwork into a functional device.
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Sigma Corporation and JINS Inc. have collaborated on the production of "CAMERA MAN," an exhibition piece for Hiroshi Sugimoto's "Extinction" exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, running from June 16 to September 13, 2026. The piece is a glasses-type camera that incorporates a shutter into the human eye, based on Sugimoto's concept that a camera mirrors the structure of the human eye. The exhibition features approximately 60 silver gelatin prints from Sugimoto's career.
Sigma Corporation, the camera and lens manufacturer, and JINS Inc., the eyewear brand, have jointly produced "CAMERA MAN," a piece for Hiroshi Sugimoto's solo exhibition "Extinction" at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. The work is a glasses-type camera that uses a manual shutter release to expose a 1-second image onto the wearer's retina after 3 minutes of darkness. Sugimoto describes the device as a way to make viewers feel the length of civilization's time by likening 1 second to a human lifespan of 85 years and the 3 minutes of darkness to roughly 15,000 years. The exhibition runs from June 16 to September 13, 2026, and includes about 60 silver gelatin prints from Sugimoto's early period to the present.
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