Ralph Gibson

 






Ralph Gibson is a photographer who does mostly high contrast black and white compositions. He does a lot of close up of the human body and other still lives. The way he executes his compositions give off a lot of emotions.

In his 2003 Light Strings, he showed by using just an object - guitar as base subject that he could juggle with different ideas altogether. In the series, the guitar was dismantled and the different pieces was used to create different pictures. The second picture shows the shadow of the guitar onto the velour linings of the guitar box. While the third pictures of the backbone of the guitar over the model's back. The perfect line symmetry shows a wonderful aesthetic. I believe that not keeping his series limited to a coherent style or color palettes makes him intricate but powerful. 


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