ralph gibson book recommendation?

[temujin]

hi all - when i first came across some of the photos from ralph gibson's "deja-vu" on the george eastman site awhile ago, i was blown away. i wanted to get the book, but the only copies i could find online were going for a billion bleeding dollars. i am not familiar with any of his books which are currently in print. can anyone recommend a good (and more affordable) one - preferably mainly his b&w work, but i would be interested in the color stuff if you think it is "must-see" material. thanks.

 

[clay]

'Deus ex Machina' is a very good compendium book with almost all of his projects represented, including a few that never made it to prime time, such as his 'Black Kiss' series. It is in the Klotz format, so it is very thick. I think Klotz is German for brick, btw.

hi all - when i first came across some of the photos from ralph gibson's "deja-vu" on the george eastman site awhile ago, i was blown away. i wanted to get the book, but the only copies i could find online were going for a billion bleeding dollars. i am not familiar with any of his books which are currently in print. can anyone recommend a good (and more affordable) one - preferably mainly his b&w work, but i would be interested in the color stuff if you think it is "must-see" material. thanks.

 

[Gim]

I also highly recommend 'DUES EX MACHINA'. An excellent book with a great overview of his work and some comments by Mr. Gibson.

 

[John Koehrer]

L'Histoire De France
Infanta
Days at sea
Sonambulist
You've already got Deja Vu on the list.
Gibson also published some collections under Lustrum Press you might find interesting:
Nude : Theory
Landscape : Theory
Contact : Theory

Histoire De France is color work & the Theory books are collections edited by Gibson. There are more available but I have not seen them.

 

[bjorke]

You may like his recent mostly-text book "refractions"

GO TO YOUR LIBRARY

even if they don't have them on hand, you may find they can get them for you

I like quadrants and histoire de france but i have several & can't say there's one I dislike