2515 - Gibson, Ralph - Tannenbaum, Allan. Ralph Gibson with Backup. Gelatin silver print. Vintage. 1975. Image dimensions: 15.2 x 23 cm. Sheet dimensions: 27.8 x 35.5 cm.

Gibson, Ralph - Tannenbaum, Allan. Ralph Gibson with Backup. Gelatin silver print. Vintage. 1975. Image dimensions: 15.2 x 23 cm. Sheet dimensions: 27.8 x 35.5 cm. The photograph, featuring photographer Ralph Gibson as a rock ’n’ roll guitarist surrounded by scantily clad party girls, was likely taken in October 1975 at New York’s “Ones Disco” when he performed alongside sculptor Frosty Myers, Larry Clark, Larry Bennett, and Rick Farrar as the band “Sex and Drugs.” - Ralph Gibson (b. 1936) began taking photographs while serving in the U.S. Navy in the 1950s and later assisted Dorothea Lange and Robert Frank before opening his own studio in New York. The passionate Leica photographer is also an accomplished guitarist who contributed to Leonard Cohen’s 1974 studio album “New Skin for the Old Ceremony,” among other projects. - Rock ’n’ roll photographer Allan Tannenbaum, who worked for the “SoHo Weekly News” until 1982, photographed legends such as Sid Vicious, The Ramones, and John Lennon and Yoko Ono in bed. - Some crease marks and scuffing along the white border; edges slightly bumped. #