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Hiroshi Sugimoto photographs important architectural icons, here Villa Savoye by Le Courbusier, by placing his camera’s focal point on infinity. By photographing what he calls the "conceptual core" of this ground breaking modernist house, Sugimoto reveals the structure's strong sculptural shape. Using this out of focus style, he says, “bad architecture, it just disappears.” 7 Rather than just documenting a significant building, Villa-Savoye-Le Courbusier, 1998, remembers the architect's initial idea, free of the practical concessions in making these thoughts a reality.
“From the finished product, I wanted to go back to the architect's pure idea, the idealized form, before it was spoiled by mistakes and compromises.” 8
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