David Gibson (photographer)

David Gibson (1957) is a British street photographer and occasional writer on photography. He is a member of the In-Public street photography collective.^[1]

Gibson's book, The Street Photographer's Manual (Thames & Hudson, 2014) is a mix of photographs and writing about the subject.^[2] His photography has also been published in a number of survey publications on street photography, and exhibited in group exhibitions in Britain (including at the Museum of London, which acquired his work for its permanent collection), at the Museum of the City of New York, and in France, Bangkok and Stockholm.

Life and work

Gibson was born in 1957 in Ilford, Essex, UK.^[3] He worked for several years as a care worker.^[3] His early published photographs were of the elderly, children and the disabled, in Community Care magazine.^[3]

He completed an MA in Photography: History and Culture at University of the Arts London in 2002.^[3] He was one of the earliest photographers to join the In-Public street photography collective, which was founded by Nick Turpin in 2000.^[1] As well as his street photography, Gibson also leads street photography workshops.^[3]

Publications

Publications by Gibson

• The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. ISBN 978-0-500-29130-6. Includes profiles on Blake Andrews, Matt Stuart, Nils Jorgensen, Trent Parke, Jesse Marlow, David Solomons and Narelle Autio; also includes contributions from Paul Russell, Nick Turpin, Richard Bram, Andy Morley-Hall, Gus Powell, and others.

Publications with contributions by Gibson

• Publication #1. London: Nick Turpin Publishing, 2009. Essays by Gibson, Hin Chua, Michael David Murphy and Nick Turpin. Photographs by Matt Stuart, Narelle Autio, Martin Kollar, Joel Meyerowitz, Tod Papageorge, Trent Parke and Garry Winogrand. Edition of 2000 copies.
• 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-0-9563322-1-9. Includes an essay by Jonathan Glancey, "Outlandish Harmony"; a foreword by Nick Turpin; and a chapter each by Gibson, Stuart, Turpin, Richard Bram, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Jesse Marlow, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, Melanie Einzig, Jeffrey Ladd, Amani Willett, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Otto Snoek, Blake Andrews, David Solomons, George Kelly and Paul Russell.
• Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010. ISBN 978-0-500-54393-1 (hardback). London: Thames & Hudson, 2011. ISBN 978-0-500-28907-5 (paperback). Edited by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren.
• London Street Photography: 1860–2010. London: Museum of London; Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 2011. ISBN 978-1907893032. Selected from the Museum of London collection by Mike Seaborne and Anna Sparham. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of London.

Film

• In-Sight (2011). 38 minute documentary directed and edited by Nick Turpin, commissioned by Format for the Format International Photography Festival, Derby, 2011. Includes interviews with Gibson, Turpin, David Solomons, Richard Bram, Melanie Einzig, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Jesse Marlow and Otto Snoek, and shows them at work.^{[n 1]}

Exhibitions with others or during festivals

• Onto the Streets, Photofusion, London, 21 July – 16 September 2006, then toured with the British Council.^[4] Curated by Stephen McLaren and Sophie Howarth.
• in-public @ 10, Photofusion, Brixton, London, 28 May – 9 July 2010.^{[5][n 2]} Travelled to Les Ballades Photographiques de Seyssel, Seyssel, France, 12–23 July 2011;^[6][7] Included photographs by In-Public members Gibson, Matt Stuart, Nick Turpin, Richard Bram, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, Jesse Marlow, Melanie Einzig, Jeffrey Ladd, Amani Willett, Gus Powell, Christophe Agou, Otto Snoek, Blake Andrews, David Solomons, George Kelly and Paul Russell.
• Street Photography Now, Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, 10 October – 14 November 2010. Photographs featured in the book Street Photography Now (2011) by Gibson, as well as Christophe Agou, Arif Asçi, Narelle Autio, Polly Braden, Bang Byoung-Sang, Maciej Dakowicz, Carolyn Drake, Melanie Einzig, George Georgiou, Bruce Gilden, Thierry Girard, Andrew Z. Glickman, Siegfried Hansen, Markus Hartel, Nils Jorgensen, Richard Kalvar, Martin Kollar, Jens Olof Lasthein, Frederic Lezmi, Jesse Marlow, Jeff Mermelstein, Joel Meyerowitz, Mimi Mollica, Trent Parke, Martin Parr, Gus Powell, Mark Alor Powell, Bruno Quinquet, Paul Russell, Otto Snoek, Matt Stuart, Ying Tang, Alexey Titarenko, Nick Turpin, Munem Wasif, Alex Webb, Amani Willett, Michael Wolf, Artem Zhitenev and Wolfgang Zurborn.^[8]
• Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Format 11 Photography Festival, Derby, England, 4 March – 3 April 2011. Exhibition of photographs by In-Public members, Gibson, Christophe Agou, Blake Andrews, Narelle Autio, Richard Bram, Melanie Einzig, Adrian Fisk, Nils Jorgensen, George Kelly, Jeffrey Ladd, Jesse Marlow, Andy Morley-Hall, Trent Parke, Gus Powell, Matt Stuart, Nick Turpin, Paul Russell, Otto Snoek, David Solomons, Amani Willett, and the film In-Sight (2011).^[9][10][11]
• London Street Photography: 1860-2010, Museum of London, London, 18 February – 4 September 2011. Included work by Gibson, as well as In-Public members Richard Bram, Adrian Fisk, David Gibson, Nils Jorgensen, Paul Russell, Matt Stuart, Nick Turpin, and others.^[12] Travelled to the Museum of the City of New York, 27 July – 2 December 2012.^[13]
• iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography, Thailand Creative and Design Centre, Bangkok, Thailand, February–March 2013. In conjunction with the British Council.^[14][15][16] Photographs by In-Public members Gibson, Agou, Andrews, Autio, Bram, Einzig, Fisk, Jorgensen, Kelly, Ladd, Morley-Hall, Marlow, Parke, Gus Powell, Stuart, Turpin, Russell, Snoek, Solomons, and Willett.
• In Public, Snickerbacken 7, Stockholm, Sweden, May–June 2013.^[17] Photographs by In-Public members Gibson, Agou, Andrews, Autio, Bram, Einzig, Fisk, Jorgensen, Kelly, Ladd, Morley-Hall, Marlow, Parke, Gus Powell, Stuart, Turpin, Russell, Snoek, Solomons, and Willett.
• 2015: The Sharp Eye. In-Public in Mexico, Foto Mexico, Cine Tonalá, Mexico City, Mexico, October–November 2015. Slideshow of photographs by Gibson, Agou, Andrews, Bram, Dakowicz, Einzig, Fisk, Todd Gross, Siegfried Hansen, Jorgensen, Kelly, Marlow, Morley-Hall, Parke, Gus Powell, Mark Powell, Russell, Snoek, Solomons, Stuart, Turpin, and Willett. Curated by Mark Powell, Carlos Álvarez Montero and Alfredo Esparza.^[18]

Collection

Gibson's work is held in the following collection:

• Museum of London, London.^[19]

Notes

1. There is a trailer for the film, and access to the full film can be bought, here at Distrify
2. The Photofusion website claims it showed the exhibition in 2012 but it actually did so in 2010.

References

1. Turpin, Nick (2010). 10 – 10 Years of In-Public. London: Nick Turpin Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9563322-1-9.
2. Baker, Mark (20 October 2014). "The Street Photographer's Manual by David Gibson Review". Paste (magazine). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
3. Gibson, David (2014). The Street Photographer's Manual. London: Thames & Hudson. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-500-29130-6.
4. "Photofusion Presents Onto the Streets". ArtDaily. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
5. "In-Public@10". Photofusion. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
6. "74 - Seyssel • Balades photographiques de Seyssel". fr:Compétence photo. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
7. "Les balades photographiques de Seyssel, du 12 au 23 juillet". fr:La Tribune républicaine de Bellegarde. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
8. "Street photography now at the Third Floor Gallery", In-Public, 5 October 2010.
9. "In-Public at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery". Format Festival. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
10. "Format Programme Announcement". Format Festival. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
11. Battersby, Matilda (3 March 2011). "Format Festival: Street photography steals the show". The Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
12. "Museum of London - London Street Photography".
13. "The streets of London and New York come to life in this exhibition and companion installation.". Museum of the City of New York.
14. "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". British Council. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
15. "iN-PUBLiC: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Thailand Creative and Design Centre. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
16. "In-Public: An Exhibition of Street Photography". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
17. "In Public". Snickarbacken 7. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
18. "The Sharp Eye. iN-PUBLIC in Mexico: Group Show". Centro de la Imagen. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
19. "Pigment Print: London, 2008". Museum of London. Retrieved 19 November 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Gibson's profile at In-Public
• Clip from In-Sight documentary with Gibson (video)