Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from the snapshot to the decisive moment to multi-media montage - the intent and purpose of photography… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share
Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from the snapshot to the decisive moment to multi-media montage - the intent and purpose of photography is to render in visual terms feelings and experiences that often elude the ability of words to describe. In any… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share
I have been a photographer all my life…and have made photographs of many things and for many reasons. But one thing that becomes more… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
Traditionally, photography has dealt with recording the world as it is found. Before photography appeared the fine artists of the time, the painters and… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
I embrace the abstract in photography and exist on a few bits of order extracted from the chaos of reality. — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
It occurs to me that at the beginning one works passionately to learn photography. This takes years, and the craft is usually formed during this period. Then as time passes one finds oneself more in the role of serving the medium... Then, as in the example of several masters that I have been privileged to know personally, it appears that… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share
The French have a different take on photography than Americans do. They consider photography to be absolutely parallel to literature. That often makes for… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
“Passing from one dimension to another, he feels that nothing is left behind, but rather is always with him in the moment. His life… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
My enthusiasm for joining the New York Film Academy is predicated on my personal explorations into video as well as a sense of responsibility… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
I believe that the medium of photography prevails entirely as an act of faith in the souls of those who love and practice it.… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
When I was working with Robert Frank, he told me that there was absolutely no relationship between cinema and photography. I challenge that. Surely… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
One night I was on my [Navy] ship... on my first cruise crossing the North Atlantic in a horrible storm, chained to the rails… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
![“One night I was on my [Navy] ship... on my first cruise crossing the North Atlantic in a horrible storm, chained to the rails so I wouldn't fall overboard. In this lightning and thunder and hail, in this misery, I shouted at the heavens with my little squeaky voice and said, Someday I'm going to…” quote by Ralph Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/364/ralph-gibson-36227_bigs_one-night-i-was-on-my-navy-ship-on-my-fi_2893554.jpg)