Ralph Gibson is an American photographer and artist known for his black and white images that explore the relationship between light, form, and composition. Born in Los Angeles in 1939, Gibson studied photography at the San Francisco Art Institute before moving to New York City in 1965.
Gibson's work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world, including at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. His photographs have also been published in several books, including The Somnambulist (1970), Days at Sea (1975), Deja-Vu (1997), and Lustrum (2005).
Gibson has received numerous awards for his work, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1975 and a Lucie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Fine Art Photography in 2009. He is also a member of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. In addition to his photography career, Gibson has served as an adjunct professor at Yale University since 1997.