Ralph Gibson Black and White Photography
American, b. 1939
Ralph Gibson is an American master photographer best known for literally inventing a new language of photography in the 1970s. Gibson was born in Los Angeles on January 16, 1939. Ralph Gibson builds a narrative meaning through contextualization and surreal juxtaposition. He studied photography while in the US Navy and then at the San Francisco Art Institute. He began his professional career as an assistant to Dorothea Lange and went on to work with Robert Frank on two films. Gibson has maintained a lifelong fascination with books and book-making. Since the appearance in 1970 of the Somnambulist, his work has been steadily impelled towards the printed page. To date, he has produced over 40 monographs. His photographs are included in over 150 museum collections around the world and have appeared in hundreds of exhibitions. Gibson has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Exchange in Berlin, a New York State Council of the Arts Fellowship and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The Rencontres d'Arles festival presented his work in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1989 and 1994. His book Syntax received a mention for the Rencontres d'Arles Book Award in 1983. He was decorated as an Officier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and appointed Commandeur de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. His awards include the Leica Medal of Excellence Award, “150 Years of Photography” Award from the Photographic Society of Japan, a Grande Médaille de la Ville d'Arles and the Lucie Award for lifetime achievement. Gibson also received an honorary doctorate of fine arts from the University of Maryland and a second honorary doctorate from the Ohio Wesleyan University. He has worked exclusively with Leica for almost 50 years. Gibson currently lives in New York and travels frequently to Europe and Brazil.
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Artist: Ralph Gibson
Photographs 1960–2024. Book & signed Gelatin silver print ‘Untitled, Elba, 1980'
By Ralph Gibson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limited Art Edition (No. 1–100), with the gelatin silver print Untitled (Elba, 1980), numbered and signed by Ralph Gibson.
Edition of 100.
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in., in portf...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Ralph Gibson Black and White Photography
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Silver Gelatin
"Untitled" from the Somnambulist
By Ralph Gibson
Located in Astoria, NY
Ralph Gibson (American, b.1939), "Untitled", from the Somnambulist, Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, 1970, signed to the verso, ebonized wood frame. Image: 7.25" H x 4.75" W; frame: 17....
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1970s Contemporary Ralph Gibson Black and White Photography
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Photographs 1960–2024. Book & signed Gelatin silver print ‘Sardegna, 1980'
By Ralph Gibson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Limited Art Edition (No. 101–200), with the gelatin silver print Untitled (Sardegna, 1980), numbered and signed by Ralph Gibson.
Edition of 100
Gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in., in ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Ralph Gibson Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
"Untitled" from the Somanmbulist
By Ralph Gibson
Located in Astoria, NY
Ralph Gibson (American, b. 1939), "Untitled" from the Somanmbulist, Vintage Gelatin Silver Print, 1968, artist stamp to the verso, with Joseph Bellows Gallery label to the reverse, e...
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1960s Contemporary Ralph Gibson Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Man, Stick White Stripe - Black and White Photograph, Graphic, Minimal
By Ralph Gibson
Located in Denton, TX
Man, Stick White Stripe by Ralph Gibson is a black and white photograph of a man holding a white stick, parallel to a painted white stripe on the pavement, creating a graphic image. ...
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Silver Gelatin
Man, Stick White Stripe
By Ralph Gibson
Located in Denton, TX
Edition 15/25
Gelatin silver print
16 x 20 in.
Signed and dated in pencil on print verso by Ralph Gibson
Category
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Materials
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Two Nudes
By Ralph Gibson
Located in New York, NY
c. 1970s/2003
Signed and dated, recto
Gelatin silver print (Edition of 50)
30 x 40 inches
Category
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Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
Sardinia
By Ralph Gibson
Located in New York, NY
captured in the 1970s, printed in 2003
Signed and dated, recto
Gelatin silver print (Edition 1 of 50)
30 x 40 inches
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Materials
Silver Gelatin
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Untitled (from the series "Chiaroscuro")
By Ralph Gibson
Located in New York, NY
This is a black and white photograph by Ralph Gibson.
Untitled (from the series “Chiaroscuro”)
c. 1971-2000
Signed and dated, verso
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 inches, sheet
Co...
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1970s Contemporary Ralph Gibson Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Price Upon Request
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