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"Tropism" is a collection of works by American photographer Ralph Gibson (1939-). After serving in the Navy, Gibson pursued photography, later gaining experience under documentary photography masters Robert Frank and Dorothea Lange. From the late 1960s onward, he pursued a highly personal and poetic photographic expression that went beyond mere documentation of reality, and is highly regarded as a photographer who pioneered the possibilities of the photobook medium itself. This book is an early, comprehensive retrospective summarizing his representative works from the 1960s to the 1980s, published in conjunction with the ICP (International Center of Photography) touring exhibition. The title "Tropism" refers to the phenomenon in which living things instinctively react to light and stimuli, and symbolizes Gibson's keen sensitivity to "light, texture, abstraction, and gesture," which he himself cites as the driving force behind his creations. Through his representative works, including "The Somnambulist," urban landscapes, fragments of the body, and architectural details move away from descriptive documentation and transform into images that evoke dreams and memories. This book is essential for understanding Gibson's journey, from establishing the photobook publishing label Lustrum Press to developing photobooks as a means of expression, to how his unique visual language was formed. Softcover edition.