I didn't know that Ralph Gibson went completely digital

[Mainecoonmaniac]

So does this make the prints he made in his darkroom more valuable?
https://www.wired.com/story/ralph-gibson-digital-color/

 

[Luckless]

I can't really imagine his shift to digital would have much of an impact on value of his previous prints as it current stand. Not like he can't wake up tomorrow and decide he misses film and start using it again.

 

[jtk]

So does this make the prints he made in his darkroom more valuable?
https://www.wired.com/story/ralph-gibson-digital-color/

 

[jtk]

His signature is the basis of his price.

 

[guangong]

His signature is the basis of his price.

Such is the basis of most of the contemporary art market.

 

[John Koehrer]

Earlier prints can be a lot more valuable than later ones. Difference between digi and darkroom? What're current values of his work reflecting?

 

[markbau]

Just re-proves the old saying that the best camera is the one you have with you.

 

[jtk]

Actually...Gibson's work is famous mostly among photo students from a certain era, and all they knew was darkroom. If a photo student grew up able to afford an original Gibson print, they would want something from a darkroom. However, people who appreciate images and print quality more than they appreciate fanboy prints would probably pay more for an inkjet, assuming quality was excellent.

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Difference between digi and darkroom?

If there's a lot of dodging a burning, prints made by him in the darkroom are pretty much unique. Digital prints can be made with the file and who knows made the print.

 

[warden]

This article could have been titled "Leica brand ambassador has a show at a Leica gallery and enjoys his free Leica cameras".

"Through it all, he has discovered that digital has its own unique visual language. The images are more compressed, foreshortened and unpredictable..." More compressed? Foreshortened? Huh? What do these traits have to do with digital vs film?

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Fred Herzog went to digital. And so is George Zimbel and Bruce Gulden. But only Gulden is fully capable with digital, IMO.
Ralph Gibson is not going to be in trouble. Audience always takes tits and boobs well. Just has to be image in focus.

 

[jtk]

If there's a lot of dodging a burning, prints made by him in the darkroom are pretty much unique. Digital prints can be made with the file and who knows made the print.

Inkjet prints can entail even more dodging/burning than darkroom if that's desired. Many of Saint Ansel's prints were made from copy negatives by the San Francisco lab he hired for the purpose (zero dodging and burning of copy negatives)..