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René De Carufel, 2004, February, Ralph Gibson, [The Photographer's Eye], Epson inkjet print (Hahnemuhle paper), Provided by the artist - René de Carufel, LL/8584
Ralph Gibson


Born: 1939, 16 January - US, CA, Los Angeles
Died: 
Gender: Male
Active: US
 
American photographer.

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Bill Jay, n.d., Ralph Gibson, [Photographers], Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Bill Jay, LL/10244
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Yvette Troispoux, n.d., Ralph Gibson and Leonard Cohen, Gelatin silver print, Galerie Agathe Gaillard, LL/37768
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Yvette Troispoux, 1975, Ralph Gibson taking a photograph in the Agathe Gaillard Gallery, Paris, Gelatin silver print, Galerie Agathe Gaillard, LL/37752
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René De Carufel, 2004, February, Ralph Gibson, [The Photographer's Eye], Epson inkjet print (Hahnemuhle paper), Provided by the artist - René de Carufel, LL/8584
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Mikhail Kudish, 2007, Ralph Gibson during the Lucie Awards Ceremony in NYC, Gelatin silver print, Provided by the artist - Mikhail Kudish, LL/44303
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David Kregenow, 2018, Ralph Gibson, Black and white photograph, Provided by the artist - David Kregenow, LL/91596
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In 1969 Gibson founded Lustrum Press, which during the 1970s published an unconventional collection of books. The Lustrum line included Robert Frank, Larry Clark, instructional books, and Gibson's dream-like trilogy of photo-novels The Somnambulist (1970), Deja-Vu (1973), and Days at Sea (1974). Gibson's grainy, tightly composed, high-contrast 35 mm work reflects the minimalist impulse to eliminate extraneous detail and get down to the essentials of producing a non-literal, but visually complex, yet beautiful symbolic system, often sexually charged, enigmatic settings beyond the realm of empirical thinking.
 
(Author: RH)
 
Michael Peres (Editor-in-Chief), 2007, Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, 4th edition, (Focal Press) [ISBN-10: 0240807405, ISBN-13: 978-0240807409] (Used with permission)
 
Wikipedia
 
Ralph Gibson (born January 16, 1939) is an American art photographer best known for his photographic books. His images often incorporate fragments with erotic and mysterious undertones, building narrative meaning through contextualization and surreal juxtaposition.
 

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