Acclaimed American street photographer Bruce Gilden is notable for his high level energy candid close-up portraits of people on the street and his cinematic imagery now in color. His work is part of numerous museums and galleries around the world. Gilden has published 18 books since 1998. Bruce Gilden was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. He lives in New York.
Acclaimed American street photographer Bruce Gilden is notable for his high level energy candid close-up portraits of people on the street and his cinematic imagery now in color. His work is part of numerous museums and galleries around the world. Gilden has published 18 books since 1998. Bruce Gilden was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. He lives in New York.
The photographer has always been attracted to what he calls ‘characters’: the people who have been battered and bruised by life. But his new book, Face, takes a cruel obsession too far
Acclaimed American street photographer Bruce Gilden is notable for his high level energy candid close-up portraits of people on the street and his cinematic imagery now in color. His work is part of numerous museums and galleries around the world. Gilden has published 18 books since 1998. Bruce Gilden was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. He lives in New York.
With motivation coming from personal family experiences, Bruce Gilden began photographing drug addicted women in 2015. These portraits have all been taken on the streets of notorious neighborhoods where drugs can be found and money earned to support the subjects’ habits. Gilden’s 2018 book “Only God Can Judge Me” is dedicated to women he photographed over the span of three years in Miami. Earlier this year he visited Philadelphia’s notorious Kensington neighborhood and more recently, traveled to Sao Paolo’s “Cracolândia” (Crackland). Located near Sao Paolo’s busiest train station, Luz, drugs can easily be bought and consumed in Crackland. Despite attempts to redevelop the area and dissipate the concentration of drug users, prostitutes, and homeless people, dealers and addicts still flock to these streets.
I agree with you. I am also very concerned about that on many levels. First, I'm a photographer. I spent a whole lifetime on photographs that have emotion. A good photograph is one that works well across the frame with a strong emotional content. I don’t want see a kid dying in the frame; I’ve seen
Between 1978 and 1984, photographer Bruce Gilden took to the streets of New York, shooting some 2,200 rolls of film. “Around that time I was a cocaine addict, but I think it started more heavily after ’81, ’82,’ he says. “I lived through that, but the city was rough, tough, raw, violent, filthy. But it... Read more »
The photos are part of a series called 'Farm Boys and Farm Girls'
The photographer has always been attracted to what he calls ‘characters’: the people who have been battered and bruised by life. But his new book, Face, takes a cruel obsession too far
By Charles Desmarais June 22, 2018 (SFChronicle.com) “Dewayn, Des Moines, Iowa, USA” (2014) Photo: Bruce Gilden / Magnum Photos 2014 “Lulu and Daniel, Jackson, Mississippi, USA” (2014) is by Bruce Gilden. Photo: Bruce Gilden / Magnum Photos “Pat, Nanakuli, Hawaii, USA” (2016) is by Bruce Gilden. Photo: Bruce Gilden / Magnum Photos In this scene from … Continue reading Bruce Gilden’s grotesques at Pier 24 Photography →
Every person in Appalachia has a relationship with God, intentionally or otherwise. You could say the same thing about these pictures taken by Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden.
Acclaimed American street photographer Bruce Gilden is notable for his high level energy candid close-up portraits of people on the street and his cinematic imagery now in color. His work is part of numerous museums and galleries around the world. Gilden has published 18 books since 1998. Bruce Gilden was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. He lives in New York.
The photographer has always been attracted to what he calls ‘characters’: the people who have been battered and bruised by life. But his new book, Face, takes a cruel obsession too far
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Fotografías urbanas del extraordinario Bruce Gilden
Magnum Photographer Bruce Gilden stands as one of photography's most important contemporary figures, celebrated for his raw and powerful portrayals of life on the city streets.