Bruce Gilden

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Bruce Gilden (born 1946) is a noted street photographer, known for his work in New York City.

Career

While studying sociology at Penn State, he saw Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blowup in 1968. Influenced by the film, he purchased his first camera and began taking night classes in photography at the School of Visual Arts of New York. Fascinated with normal people on the street and the idea of visual spontaneity, Gilden turned to a career in photography.[1] He routinely uses a flash, alerting his subjects to his presence, unlike most street photographers. His first major project was documenting the sensuality of the bodies of the people at Coney Island.[2]

A member of Magnum Photos since 1998, he shot images of Japan's yakuza mobsters, the homeless, prostitutes, and members of bike gangs between 1995 and 2000. According to Gilden, he was fascinated by the duality and double lives of the individuals he photographed.[3] Gilden is also the subject of Misery Loves Company: The Life and Death of Bruce Gilden, a documentary produced in 2007.[4] He has also photographed rural Ireland and horseracing there, as well as voodoo rituals in Haiti.

In 2013, Gilden became a Guggenheim Fellow.[5]

Awards

  • 1979: New York Foundation for the Arts (Artist’s Fellowship), New York, USA; New York Foundation for the Arts (Artist’s Fellowship), New York, USA
  • 1980: National Endowment for the Arts Photographer’s Fellowship
  • 1984: National Endowment for the Arts Photographer’s Fellowship; New York Foundation for the Arts (Artist’s Fellowship), New York, USA
  • 1992: National Endowment for the Arts Photographer’s Fellowship; New York Foundation for the Arts (Artist’s Fellowship), New York, USA
  • 1994: New York Foundation for the Arts (Artist’s Fellowship), New York, USA
  • 1996: European Publishers’ Award for Photography; Villa Medicis Hors les Murs Artist’s Fellowship
  • 1999: The Japan Foundation Artist’s Fellowship
  • 2000: New York Foundation for the Arts (Artist’s Fellowship), New York, USA

Bibliography

  • The Small Haiti Portfolio (Limited Edition), Helsinki, Finland (1990)
  • Facing New York, Cornerhouse Publications, UK (1992) ISBN 978-0-948797-07-1
  • CRP Nord Pas-de-Calais, France (1994)
  • Bleus, Cahier#13, Mission Photographique Transmanche (1994)
  • Haïti, Dreams and Nightmares, Dewi Lewis Publishing and Editions Marval, UK & France (1997)
  • After the Off. Stockport: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 1999. ISBN 978-1-899235-17-9
  • Ciganos, Centro Portuguès de Fotografia, Lisbon, Portugal (1999)
  • Haiti, Dewi Lewis Publishing and Editions Marval, UK & France (1999) ISBN 978-1-899235-55-1
  • Go, Trebruk-Magnum, USA (2000)
  • Coney Island, Trebruk, UK (2002) ISBN 978-0-9538901-2-5
  • New York City (2004)
  • A Beautiful Catastrophe, Powerhouse, USA (2005) ISBN 978-1-57687-238-3
  • Magnum Stories (2005)
  • Fashion Magazine, Magnum Photos, France (2006) ISBN 978-1-933045-43-6

References

  1. ↑ Ballentine, Sandra (2003-02-09). "Footnotes". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Go see...". The Observer. 2001-04-01. Retrieved 2008-08-14. 
  4. ↑ "Misery Loves Company: The Life and Death of Bruce Gilden". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
  5. ↑

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