Finding a Visual Identity in the Digital Age | Ralph Gibson | TEDxFulbrightSantaMonica

[@crabbyreef]

6 years later I discover this presentation; however, be that as it may, it is timeless. Mr. Gibson's message on creativity could and should be passed on through the generations.

[@flinchey6962]

This should be longer, Ralph is one of my most favorite photographers Days At Sea changed everything for me, great insight happy he’s still with us

[@qnetx]

Of all the decades I have spent learning and photographing, this talk has been one of the most insightful. Thank you Ralph!

[@MissAndreaChavez]

Beautiful talk, beautiful person, amazing photographer, thank you!!!

[@ChristopherJones-cjphoto]

When I was 15 and bought my first camera in 1967, it was because I had just seen a book of Cartier- Bresson photos. But Gibson’s books, not too much later, made me begin to really think about what I was trying to say.

[@Msdonnamabellachichi]

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[@Msdonnamabellachichi]

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[@geoffreypiltz271]

One eye is a circular image!

[@lightsongstudio]

If you want to know how great Ralph Gibson is, just ask him.

[@davidcantor1619]

It’s really about him, arm lifted into a talk about visual identity.

[@markquiram9012]

Oh to sit for even a single afternoon and discuss the "why" of photography with Ralph Gibson. I can think of nothing more erudite and thrilling.

[@nickfanzo]

As much as I love this artist and his works, he uses the same verbiage for every interview and every book about his process or technique. He has basically created a very wordy way, in a very “Leica” way, of saying basic things. He uses the same very few stories and circumstances and recycles them over and over as a way to enlighten the art crowd, not other artists, but the rich folk who drink champagne while in a gallery. Take for example his point of departure story. He tells the same story all the time and then shrouds it in mystery by making the actual “point of departure” elusive to the audience. It can mean going to the store, or basing your works on a dream sequence. This is a Very vague and broad definition. This can confuse a reader or listener, this is elusive on purpose and makes him seem more mysterious. Joel Meyerowitz stood on a street corner airing around and his photographs are amazing. Garry Winogrand as well. Take it with a grain of salt. I’ll sum things up, frankly and abruptly; make the pictureS YOU WANT to make. Don’t let another artist, who is rich and wealthy, make a script for your processes. Make your own script. Enjoy making art and be well.

[@doubleletter]

I see what you mean about repetition. He tells the same anecdotes over and over.

[@WMedl]

You mean every generation should invent the wheel again and then shall die away? Every artist stood and stands upon the shoulders of former artists! P.S. If you prescribe me not to follow anothers recipy I will have to reject to you....

[@nickfanzo]

@@WMedl should I even reply to this ego driven nonsense you just sent?

[@WMedl]

@@nickfanzo Ego driven nonsense characterizes best your comment I tried to answer...

[@ironmonkey1512]

Charis mentioned that E. Weston had a basic script that he ran through with customers. There is a business side to being an artist that is unavoidable.

[@65WZ]

English is not my first language. So, I played this video twice, and I still couldn't comprehend what Mr. Gibson meant by finding my visual identity in the digital age. Why did the visual identity change from the analog age to the digital age? It's like cooking on two different stoves, my cooking will not differ.

[@John83118]

I'm amazed by the comprehensive nature of this content. A book with similar substance greatly expanded my knowledge. "A Life Unplugged: Reclaiming Reality in a Digital Age" by Theodore Blaze

[@kristinahahn9741]

Thank you, Ralph, for sharing your visual #fightsworthfighting!

[@damookie]

A Master!!!

[@Lady_Una]

Indeed an Intelligent man - meeting Michael Goldberg has changed my life and the way of my thinking. They way he pronounce my home village - Iikokola is indeed funny :)

[@dmlewey]

Great pay off at the end.

[@Ilpedulla]

Sardegna

[@richard.l5563]

too short... more please

[@MikeKleinsteuber]

Great photographer but he should back off his intellectual claptrap. And should take a leaf out of the Saul Leiter book of philosophy....

[@Tom_YouTube_stole_my_handle]

I wouldn't like to guess how much that left-handed Leica would run to.

[@Msdonnamabellachichi]

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[@nickfanzo]

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