I am a first year photography student currently looking at compiling my recent work into a zine. I thought the idea of recontextualizing and 'remixing' my work was cheating but checking out this book has opened my eyes in what I can actually make of my work. Wish I lived closer so I could have a chance at that workshop.
A lifelong fan of RG, I was first in line for that one, even though most of them already exist in previous volumes. I did a week long workshop with Ralph in 2003 and buying his book, Tropism, in 1987 was the single most significant inspiration for my 24 year career
My copy arrived last week and I'm slowly working my way through it. It is very dense and very good and I suspect it will take me a very long time to internalize it.
I recently got the new book by Ralph Gibson (as well as signed), awesome! This book is on a different level. I was not disappointed either. The prints are superb, paper feels great and the whole concept of the book is just brilliant.
Ordered the book right after your newsletter notification and I was not disappointed. What an incredible body of work, every page makes you think about the images in front of you. This is my favorite book of the year, together with Metropolis from Alan Schaller!!!
That is a beautiful book. Even on a screen the print quality looks amazing. And the images themselves are sublime. I completely agree about the value of revisiting your earlier work. It never ceases to amaze me how much of it still stands up. Being able to re edit with new software is one aspect but also seeing it through a more mature or developed eye, can often give it new meaning or context.
I especially related to the final part of the video discussing the process of revisiting and re-editing old photos, I love to focus on utilizing the latest features, particularly denoising, and applying my improved understanding of working with RAW images.
I am sorry but I see much creative photography work appearing on social media than this book which surprisingly also contains a political tone more than a real artist work.
