Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Ralph Gibson influence on my personal work?
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:00:53 -0500

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.

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[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

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