Hiroshi Sugimoto is a Japanese photographer born in Tokyo in 1948. After graduating in Sociology and Politics at Saint Paul's University in Tokyo, he moved to Los Angeles in 1970 and attended the College of Design Center. He moved to New York in 1974 after earning his degree and now lives in Tokyo and New York. He divides his work into photographic series, each representing a specific theme. He is best known for his seascapes, cinemas, natural history dioramas and portraits, and wax figure series. He explores the idea of ​​photography and time and uses photography as a way to record science and history along with the idea of ​​indescribable human nature. His goal when creating portraits is to make them as realistic as possible so that the viewer reconsiders what it means to be alive. Julian Opie is a contemporary English artist born in London in 1958. He graduated from Goldsmiths College in 1982 and now lives and works in London. His work involves using computer software to reduce complex photographs or short films and turn them into basic, figurative cartoons. He is known for his Imagine You Are series (where he demonstrates how everyday activities can be represented by simple reductions) and for his cartoon-style depiction of pole dancers, and for his minimalist portraits, which sometimes transform in series in which he draws the same person who repeatedly adds new details (sunglasses, necklaces…). He finds it easier to draw women than men and when making portraits he proceeds by trial and error. Hiroshi Sugimoto's portraits of Henry VII and his wives are photographs of wax figures and are part of his "Portraits" series. Even though he wasn't photographing real models, he managed to...... middle of paper ...... i Sugimoto: Portraits." Medium Aevum. Np, nd Web. December 12, 2013. ."Hiroshi Sugimoto: Portraits ." Fraenkel Gallery. Np, nd Web. 9 December 2013. "Julian Opie." Lisson Gallery. Np, nd Web. 9 December 2013. "Julian Opie." MetroArtWork. Np, nd Web. 9 December 2013. "Lewis Hine ." International Center of Photography. 12 December 2013. "Paintings". ." Julian Opie. Np, nd Web. 12 Dec. 2013. .