Bruce Gilden
Why These?
Bruce Gilden: Why These? surveys Gilden’s oeuvre of gritty, true-to-life street photography through choice works hand-selected by the artist himself. A combination of large-scale color portraits as well as black-and-white photos taken all over the globe will give viewers an intimate glimpse into the unvarnished worlds of street life that Gilden has been documenting for decades.
"Bruce Gilden’s often-disquieting photos dig deep into the psyches of everyday people. By revealing what’s just beneath the surface, he captures the fear that underlies so many of our thoughts about ourselves and those around us."
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Bruce Gilden is a self taught photographer, born in Brooklyn, NY in 1946. His photographic style is defined by the dynamic accent of his pictures, his special graphic qualities, and his original and direct manner of shooting the faces of passers-by with a flash.
Gilden joined Magnum Photos in 1998, and has received a multitude of awards for his work, including the European Publishers Award for Photography, a Japan Foundation Artist Fellowship, a Villa Medicis Hors les Murs Artist’s Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship.
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Explore items inspired by the Bruce Gilden exhibition at Fotografiska New York.
