HIROSHI SUGIMOTO/ GATES OF PARADISE

Hiroshi Sugimoto, one of Japan's best-known photographers, turns his lens on Italy's architectural masterworks to create a meditatio n on the potential of cultural exchange and the possibility of cultural fusion. In an electrifying moment in 1585, four Japanese you ths appeared before Pope Gregory XIII, summoned to his court from the nascent Christian community in Japan to present themselves at the capital of their faith. Legendary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto follows in the boys' footsteps, capturing the architectural wond ers of Ro...[Read more]