Ralph Gibson
Ralph Gibson has dabbled in many forms of photography. He is best known as an American art photographer and is known mostly for his photographic books. Many of his photographs have a sort of mysterious and surreal undertone to them. He has done many solo exhibitions as well as group exhibitions. He has many public collections that people can go and endulge in. The majority of which are located in New York.
| BORN | January 16th, 1939, Los Angeles, California |
| RESIDES | New York, New York |
| EDUCATION | 1967-68: Assistant to Robert Frank 1961-62: Assistant to Dorthea Lange 1960-62: San Francisco Art Institute 1956-60: Studied photography, U.S. Navy |
| AWARDS | |
| 2007 | The Lucie Award |
| 2002 | Appointed, Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France |
| 1999 | Silver Plum Design Trust for Public Space |
| 1997 | Doctor of Fine Arts, Ohio Wesleyan University |
| 1994 | Grand Medal of the City of Arles, France |
| 1991 | Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, University of Maryland |
| 1989 | Eastman Kodak Grant to photography, “L’Histoire de France ” “150 Years of Photography” Award, Photographic Society of Japan |
| 1988 | Leica Medal of Excellence Award |
| 1986 | Decorated, Officier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship |
| 1985 | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship |
| 1977 | D.A.A.D West Berlin, Germany C.A.P.S., New York State Council of the Arts Fellowship |
| 1975 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship |
| 1973 | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship |
Emmet Gowin
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Emmet Gowin was born in Virginia. He is an American art photographer and teacher. Some of his best known images are black and white images taken of his family with a large format camera. He also does many landscapes and ariels he calls his working landscapes.
Herb Ritts
Herb Ritts was born on August 13, 1952 in Los Angeles, California. He was and still to this day is one of the worlds most well known fashion photographers. He enjoyed black and white photography and often took photos to simulate Greek sculpture. He also took many nude photos as well. He died December 26, 2002.


















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