“I make books because my chosen audience is you, the gentle reader, the book lover who actually wants to reflection the images and their interrelationships. This is how my work has evolved over the decades. I so enjoy seeing the image well printed on a fine sheet of paper, beautifully bound and warm in the hand and perceived at the perfect viewing distance. This is a form of total artistic autonomy. “A book is about part to part; part to whole. This translates as page to page; page to book. The book then becomes an object in its own right, a thing unto itself that can have a long and interesting life. It can sit on the shelf for years and the instant it is taken down and viewed it springs to life... a constantly renewable form of energy.”
— Ralph Gibson
