Please answer the following question: Facts: - imagesize: 250px - bgcolour: # 6495ed - caption: todd hido - field: photography - birth date: 1968 - name: todd hido - nationality: american - image: toddhidonov2008.jpg - birth place: kent , ohio , united states Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of todd hido .
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todd hido -lrb- born 1968 , kent , ohio , united states -rrb- is an american contemporary artist and photographer .currently based in san francisco , much of hido 's work involves urban and suburban housing across the u.s. , of which the artist produces large , highly detailed and luminous color photographs .hido says he is influenced by alfred hitchcock , edward hopper , stephen shore , robert adams , walker evans , nan goldin , emmet gowin , larry sultan , alfred stieglitz , andreas gursky and rineke dijkstra .