Publisher's Synopsis
"The Long Never" is a special-edition book containing 65 works by Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1948) from five series--"Meteorites," "Dioramas," "Pre Photographic Time Recording Devices," "Lightning Fields" and " Seascapes"--and an original text by Jonathan Safran Foer. The book is accompanied by an 11x14-inch gelatin silver print from Sugimoto's "Lightning Fields" series. For this collector's edition, Sugimoto has printed "Lightning Fields 289" and "Lightning Fields 304" in an edition of 25 each. The prints are signed by the artist; the book and print are housed in a custom-made brushed aluminum box.