Ralph Gibson - Master Fine Art Photographer
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- With an amazing viewpoint in black and white photography for decades, this master has never stopped learning, exploring, growing in his life and work. We caught up with him in NYC at the Lucies in Oct. and he passed on some info and advice you want to hear.
Not only is Gibson incredibly talented, but he's incredibly articulate as well.
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Amazing man..inspiring too..to me..as what I see through the eye of the camera is what anyone will see when I share a photo..always as true as I can share..not that pleasant to many people as saturated, or shopped images..perhaps quite boring and odd-angled..but always true..thank you very much for sharing this video of a veteran, creator and artist who perceives photography as a portrait of a story to tell..regardless of colour..hats off..
Julie-Anne Herridge You're very welcome.
Meanwhile 4 or years after this video was made..........
I have lots of admiration for all the work of Ralph Gibson.
I totally agree he really is a genius photographer! I jus get tired of some the ol photographers stuck in film ! hey my fave togs were back in the early 1900s!
Nice... very interesting interview... I particularly liked the bit on black and white images (three steps away from reality) thought provoking really... thank you for posting this.
"We've yet to see a digital 'masterpiece'" - unforgivable ignorance towards other artists. Film photography is clearly a different process with a different product, but digital photography is no less of an art. None of the elements that are essential to a great photograph are replicable in Photoshop, and none of the controls on a digital camera make it easier to capture them. The requirements of the photographer are the same. You must understand the image, you must understand its context in history, in its inherent political and philosophical meaning. There aren't new buttons for that on modern cameras.
MA TE R IA LI ST Agreed, although, I will point out that Gibson later embraced digital photography, which he still does today.
He now shoots ONLY digital
Is anyone familiar with the digital photographer, Raymond Meyer, that he mentions in this video?
I am a huge Ralph Gibson fan. His darkroom prints are amazing!!
One comment that I remember about Gibson's work was that his work was a hate letter to America. His work captivated me at first, and then instinctively I stepped away from it. In person he is persuasive and techno-oriented so maybe I'll take another look.
You might be thinking of Robert Frank (Americans).
This would be a little off-topic, but you're making this a 'film vs digital' debate. I'm not hearing Ralph speak ignorantly about the new medium, but I've heard alot of digital enthusiasts speak with aversion and fear about film. It's still about what you say, not how. What does the period have to do with it? It's that artists individual message - I'm sure he doesn't care how he's seen on the timeline....
I saw him at a UCLA lecture in the mid 70s, quite the character, very brash and egotistical. Had a beautiful young blond with him that he referred to as his current lover. He is a very interesting photographer and he opens my esthetic each time I view his images.
@jonballphoto100 because most construction workers are not artists nor would they look at themselves as so.
He now shoots digital
hasselblad makes masterpieces
3:53 He missed the fourth Dimension, Time.
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Really like his advice for young photographers, im coming up to graduating from my degree in photography and its hard knowing which way to go, i know theres much more money in fashion, advertising and more commercial stuff, but im a fine art photographer at heart and love black and white, Ralph Gibson's advice has really made me see that its best to just be true to yourself.
How did things turn out?
an awesome video thanks! :)
This dudes' hilareaous!
Amazing advice
thank you
Great man
Right on Ralph
@jonballphoto100 Product is what factories make. Art is a result of process.
"....When an artist is not able to accept new advances in the medium it usually means that the artist is not keeping in touch with the avant garde of his time...."
Did you catch what he said at 6:30 about being true to yourself as an artist?
So he doesn't do digital. It's what you SAY not HOW you say it. Mediums come and go.
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Film v digital is foolishness. The enlightened photographer developes in his mind what he wishes to produce (the final product) and then works backward through the tools available to him to create his product. You never hear of construction workers arguing about the merits of a new shovel and how they'd never go back to the old one. The real problem is that most photographers have nothing to talk about besides the piece of equipment that they become "married" to.