Gibson typically used black and white paper, torn from a long roll, to create uneven shapes in contrast with the pristine rectangular and square formats of conventional photographic prints. The interventions that each of Gibson’s photographs has undergone imbues them with an improvisational quality. Her prints have tangible patina to their surface. They are like the wounds of time and experience .
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photoSCHWEIZ 2026
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You and your selfies Paula Rae Gibson At a time of personal crisis, self portraits can offer therapeutic reassurance that you are indeed alive, that you are surviving in the midst of trauma, and that you can endure.
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