I'm interested in producing truncated shapes in proportion to the frame and composition, shapes that are preferably luminous. I'm not interested in the full-figure. I want to abstract forms. — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode - from… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
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… — Ralph Gibson Copy Share Image
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)