Photographic Areas of Focus
Abstract, Fashion & Beauty, Fine Art, Minimalism, Nude, Portrait, Still Life
Location
Ukraine
Bio
Richard Gibson is a versatile fine artist and fashion photographer, surrealist visionary with an education in contemporary art. Gibson excels at mixed media, blending photography and graphic design to create minimalist, balanced compositions, reminiscent of 20th-century art styles and dozen contemporary photographers. Explores human individuality and relationships through line and form, poetry of the visual image, experimenting with paradoxes and avant-garde vision. The main features of the author's style are minimalism, graphic style, surrealism, the use of expressive color or contrasting black and white, and the ideal balance of composition. Using the photographic medium as a basis for pushing the boundaries of fine art and the realm of aesthetics. 3 higher educations in the fields of art, sociology and economics. 13-year career in video design, marketing, directing and producing. Was exhibited and sold in fine art galleries. Won international competitions - NDawards USA,LICC London, IPA NY, PX3 Paris, Photo Nostrum, Berlin Photo. Continue to take part in dozens of fine art and photo competitions. Continues to actively participate in dozens of competitions. I am represented in galleries - NY Art Square - USA, Praxis - Spain, PH21 - USA, Square - London, Boomer gallery - Swiss photo club - USA, The Chateau Gallery - Portland, B-Side and in magazine Dodho, Spain and aedrafinearts.com Published by FORM gallery, Paris - the book "100 contemporary photographers" 2024. Exhibited in personal and group exhibitions and offline art galleries. Inspirated by Edward Weston, Irving Penn, Albert Watson, Ray Metzker, Alejandro Marote, Masao Yamamoto, Sara Punt, Antoine Khol, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Clarissa Bonet, Gabriele Croppi, Aapo Huhta, Albarran Cabrera, Trent Parke, Kenneth Josephson, Man Ray, Andre Kertescz, Ralph Gibson, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, Nicholas Alan Cope, Erwin Blumenfeld, Martin Moonkashi, Sarah Moon, Guy Bourdin, Helmut Newton