Technical information:

Number of photographs in the installation: 19
Titles: Joe, followed by a four-digit number referencing the negative
Technique: black and white photographs printed on fiber-based gelatin silver coated paper
Measurements: 58 ¾ x 47 inches
Mounts: honeycomb aluminum panels, which are fixed to a hanging cleat on the wall

Preparation of the installation at the Pulitzer:

- Following Sugimoto’s visit to the Pulitzer in 2003, an idea developed to publish a book based on the photographs. After viewing the works in Sugimoto’s studio, Pulitzer Chairman Emily Rauh Pulitzer and Director Matthias Waschek decided to also organize an exhibition of the photographs.

- While in his studio, the artist worked both with his memory of the gallery spaces (and of several artworks that would remain on view during his installation), as well as with detailed plans of the building.

- Spaces like the Entrance Gallery needed a different rhythm and choice of works than the Main Gallery, the Cube Gallery, and the Lower Gallery. In addition, works permanently or semi-permanently on view – including Ellsworth Kelly’s Blue Black and Serra’s Joplin and Standpoint – imposed other choices. The artist focused on juxtaposing his own interest in light with Ando’s, who sculpts with light when designing architecture.

- The installation was finalized with a walk-through the galleries with Sugimoto a day prior to the opening. His assistant and a team of art handlers had already implemented the artist’s ideas and hung the works according to Sugimoto’s specifications. To hang photographs over the stairs in the Main Gallery, elaborate scaffolding had to be erected to accommodate the different elevation levels of the stairs while maintaining a height of twelve feet.