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A few months back I had the pleasure of attending a Ralph Gibson workshop sponsored by the Leica Store in San Francisco. It was a three day intensive with Ralph discussing his techniques and philosophy & vision - sprinkled heavily with war stories - in the mornings and a four hour session with models in the afternoons. The studio was above the store and offered wonderful window light.

 

A quick word about the Leica Store in San Francisco: Sean Cranor, who also owns Camera West, has created a store which is more of a Leica photographer's Mecca than a camera shop. With a gallery, meeting room and studio attached, the Leica Store SF is a destination worth the visit. Sean is knowledgeable, low key and dedicated to the art of photography.

 

I used my Monochrom with a 50 Summicron for nearly all of the photos. Many of these photos cropped square partially due to a discussion between Ralph and I concerning the difficulty of composing on a square and my taking it as a visual challenge. Cropping to a square offered me the opportunity to place the focus on the beauty of the female form and de-emphasize both the erotic nature of the photographs as well as taking them out of the realm of portraiture. Some, however, fall into the realm of portraits. With women as beautiful as these five, it couldn't be helped.

 

Here is the hand of Ralph directing a pose.

 

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I call this series of 6 photos the Sappho Series. The poses and titles were inspired by the poems of Sappho. It was San Francisco after all.

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Tremble

 

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Irresistible

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Remember Me

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Love Me

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This next series is called Aphrodite to celebrate the beauty of women.

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More of a portrait

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Another portrait

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Sculpture

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Last one for now

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Wonderful shots; I like them all! If by any chance you decide to continue in that line and need an assistant, please let me know! ;) .... Oh; I forgot, you are in West Coast, and I am in the East!... Damn! ...

 

BTW, I have visited Leica Store in SF and I agree with what you are saying. They really did a great job!

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Wonderful shots; I like them all! If by any chance you decide to continue in that line and need an assistant, please let me know! ;) .... Oh; I forgot, you are in West Coast, and I am in the East!... Damn! ...

 

BTW, I have visited Leica Store in SF and I agree with what you are saying. They really did a great job!

 

Actually, I live in Hawaii. But I have a sister living in the Haight district of San Francisco who put up with me for a few days.

 

Ralph is based in New York.

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Beautiful work, Printmaker!  Your models are posed with taste, dignity and modesty.  Your images shatter the stereotype of the nude photograph that still persists in some people's minds.  Nude does not always equal exploitative, coarse or trashy.  You prove this point, and in spades.

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Beautiful work, Printmaker!  Your models are posed with taste, dignity and modesty.  Your images shatter the stereotype of the nude photograph that still persists in some people's minds.  Nude does not always equal exploitative, coarse or trashy.  You prove this point, and in spades.

 

 

Couldn't have described these photos better!

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