PHO150 Digital Photography: Ralph Gibson

Ralph Gibson (b. 1939) is one of the most interesting and versatile photographers of our time. His great international reputation is based on his exceptional work, which is exhibited and collected by leading museums around the world, including the MoMA in New York, the Maison EuropeALenne de la Photographie in Paris and the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland. The publication accompanying the exhibition Ralph Gibson. Secrets of Light brings together key series from the F. C. Gundlach Collection, Hamburg, as well as the photographer's collection and describes his artistic development from the 1960s to the present. Gibson tirelessly explores and breaks new ground in photography. The playful use and design with light are an essential part of his unmistakable signature, which is reflected in his multi-layered and complex oeuvre.

Collects a wide range of works by the American photographer from 1960 to 1986.

The subject of the nude has been a source of inspiration for artists since the earliest known representations. Ralph Gibson makes no secret of the passions that drive him: his love for photography and women; parallel affairs of the heart which meet in homage to the beauty of the female form. Infanta is a protracted study from one of the fine art photography's most acclaimed and influential practitioners.

A rich visual history of Architectural Digest, published for the magazine's 100th anniversaryArchitectural Digest at 100 celebrates the best from the pages of the international design authority. The editors have delved into the archives and culled years of rich material covering a range of subjects. Ranging freely between present and past, the book features the personal spaces of dozens of private celebrities like Barack and Michelle Obama, David Bowie, Truman Capote, David Hockney, Michael Kors, and Diana Vreeland, and includes the work of top designers and architects like Frank Gehry, David Hicks, India Mahdavi, Peter Marino, John Fowler, Renzo Mongiardino, Oscar Niemeyer, Axel Vervoordt, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Elsie de Wolfe. Also included are stunning images from the magazine's history by photographers such as Bill Cunningham, Horst P. Horst, Simon Upton, Francois Dischinger, Francois Halard, Julius Shulman, and Oberto Gili.