1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁and ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁Robert ▁Frank ▁on ▁two ▁films ▁between ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁ ▁Work ▁Gib son ▁has ▁maintained ▁a ▁lif el ong ▁fasc ination ▁with ▁books ▁and ▁book - making . ▁Since ▁the ▁appearance ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁of ▁The ▁Som n amb ul ist , ▁his ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁stead ily ▁imp elled ▁towards ▁the ▁printed ▁page . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 ▁Gib son ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York , ▁where ▁he ▁formed ▁L ustr um ▁Press ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁ex ert ▁control ▁over ▁the ▁reprodu ction ▁of ▁his ▁work . ▁L ustr um ▁Press ▁also ▁published ▁Larry ▁Clark ' s ▁Tul sa ▁( 1 9 7 1 ). ▁To ▁date ▁he ▁has ▁produced ▁over ▁ 4 0 ▁mon ograph s , ▁current ▁projects ▁being ▁State ▁of ▁the ▁A xe ▁published ▁by ▁Y ale ▁University ▁Press ▁in ▁Fall ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁N ude ▁by ▁Tas chen ▁( 2 0 0 9 ). ▁His ▁photograph s ▁are ▁included ▁in ▁over ▁one ▁hundred ▁and ▁fifty ▁museum ▁collections ▁around ▁the ▁world , ▁and ▁have ▁appeared ▁in ▁hundreds ▁of ▁exhib itions . ▁He ▁has ▁worked ▁exclus ively ▁with ▁the ▁Le ica ▁for ▁almost ▁ 5 0 ▁years . ▁ ▁Ask ed ▁by ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁for ▁his ▁main ▁sources ▁of ▁insp iration , ▁Gib son ▁recommended ▁what ▁he ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁five ▁sem inal ▁works : ▁Eug ene ▁At