Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's fascinating, Alfie - But how does all that effect your work - are there shots in your PAWs that reflect Gibson's influence? B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Albert Wang Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 2:38 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Ralph Gibson influence on my personal work? In reply to B.D. comment about how Ralph Gibson has influenced my "photographic eye," I do believe that he is a wonderful photographer with a sense of capturing images which few wouldn't bother shooting at. I truly believe that he is more of a surrealistic photographer like a photojournalistic Man Ray who went out and shoots strange setups and lots of "still life" settings. Even when he includes human figures, it's with a strongly detached mode. I admire Ralph Gibson a lot. Although I tend to be more personal and humanistic. I think that his influence is very pervasive everywhere esp. when I read Huger Foote's book My Friend From Memphis. It's surrealistic street photography at its finest. Ralph Gibson does something which few photographers do. He doesn't shoot tightly for every single shot and is able to include extraneous photographic elements. Seems to do a lot of free association amongst photos in visual puns too. I like him. he's the photographic James Joyce of our times. Alfie _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html