1939, Los Angeles ?
American contemporary master photographer, Ralph Gibson's high-contrast photography - usually focusing on one geometric element (the corner of a room) or a single human gesture (the curve of a hand) - form a kind of dream- narrative when gathered together.
Selected ONE MAN EXHIBITIONS, since 1995, include:
2002
Simon Patrich Gallery, Vancouver
The Benham Gallery, Seattle
Galerie Aittuares, Paris
Galerie Lucie Weil Seligman, Paris
2001
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona
Bjorn Wetterling, Stockholm
2000
Kerava Art Museum, Kereva, Finland
Galerie Lucie Weil Seligman, Paris
Michael Hoppen Gallery, London
Galerie Bodo Neimann, Berlin
Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan
Michael Hoppen Gallery, London
Casino Bellevue, Biarritz, France
1999
Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, Paris
1998
Museum fur Kunst Modern, Frankfurt
Tower Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville. S.C.
Galerie Bodo Neiman,Documenta, Basel, Switzerland
Narodni Muzei Zadar, Croatia
Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle
Sandra Berler Gallery, Chevy Chase, Maryland
1997
Museum of Art, Atlanta
Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York
V. Spala Gallery, Prague
1996
Whitney Museum of American Art
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York Frankfurt Kunstverhein, Frankfurt
Leica Gallery, New York
Joel Soroka Gallery, Aspen
Galeria Forum, Tarragona, Spain
1995
French Cultural Services, New York
Tampa Museum of Art, Florida
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
Cantor Art Gallery, Holy Cross University, Worchester, MA
Select PUBLIC COLLECTIONS, INCLUDE:
Jewish Museum, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York
The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
The International Center of Photography, New York
Yokohama Museum, Japan
Biblioteque National, Paris
Fogg Art Museum, Boston
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
National Gallery, Ottowa
Museo de Belles Artes, Argentina
Pasadena Art Museum, California
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester
University of New Mexico, Alburquerque
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
University of California, Los Angeles
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York
Seattle Art Museum, Volunteer Park, Washington
Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
Jerusalem Museum, Israel
Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria, Australia
Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio
John and Mable Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Fondation Select, Geneva
Musee Reattu, Arles, France
Musee Contini, Marseilles, France
Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia
Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, Washington
Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm
Atkins Museum of Fine Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Ruttenberg Arts Foundation, Chicago
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
Dunn and Bradstreet, New York
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California
J.B. Speed Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Graham Nash Collection, Hollywood, California
Readers Digest, New York
Cowin and Company, New York
Willkie, Farr, and Gallagher, New York
Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, New York
Museo Fratelli Alinari, Florence
Expo Photo Museum, Osaka
Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi, Belgium
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Akron Art Museum, Ohio
The Art Institute of Chicago
H.F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
THe Mineeapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota
Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri
Cedar Crest College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
The Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
Hood Museum, Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
The University of Texas, Austin
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Wellesley College Museum, Massachusetts
Brown University, Providence
University of Pennsylvania, Philidelphia
American Friends of Jerusalem Museum, Israel
New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana The Arts Club of Chicago
The Cooper Union, New York
The Aldrich Museum, Greenport, Connecticut
The Lowe Memorial Library, Columbia University, New York
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
University Librarian, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
The New York Public Library, New York
The Tampa Museum of Art, Florida
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
American Friends of Jerusalem Museum, Israel
Allen Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio
The Polaroid Collection, Cambridge, Mass.