MAGNUM LEGACY - Bruce Davidson
Bruce Davidson began his passion for photography at the age of ten. The son of a hard-working divorced mother, he was a loner who disliked school and had difficulty conforming to the world around him. His camera freed him from the limitations of his youth and opened the doors to a life of work. Vicki Goldberg's authoritative text explores the vast range of his vision and technique, and reveals how his work played a critical role in twentieth-century photography.
This lavishly illustrated text includes images from his most iconic series such as "Brooklyn Gang", "East 100th Street", "Subway", and "Time of Change: Civil Rights Photographs", as well as previously unpublished archival material from Davidson's private archive. Beautifully reproduced, these images reveal Davidson's curiosity and empathy for his subjects. Whether documenting circuses, gangs, East Harlem tenements, Jewish cafeterias, Welsh miners or Central Park, Davidson imbues his work with a narrative eye. His photos tell stories, and he lets them speak for themselves.
The result is a comprehensive and elegantly presented portrait of an artist's life and work; foreword by Susan Meiselas and Andrew E. Lewin, text "At Home: Inside a Living Archive" by Tessa Hite, b/w and color documents and photos.
Published by Prestel, 2016
24 cm x 28 cm, 192 pages, good condition
ISBN 9783791381350
Bruce Davidson began his passion for photography at the age of ten. The son of a hard-working divorced mother, he was a loner who disliked school and had difficulty conforming to the world around him. His camera freed him from the limitations of his youth and opened the doors to a life of work. Vicki Goldberg's authoritative text explores the vast range of his vision and technique, and reveals how his work played a critical role in twentieth-century photography.
This lavishly illustrated text includes images from his most iconic series such as "Brooklyn Gang", "East 100th Street", "Subway", and "Time of Change: Civil Rights Photographs", as well as previously unpublished archival material from Davidson's private archive. Beautifully reproduced, these images reveal Davidson's curiosity and empathy for his subjects. Whether documenting circuses, gangs, East Harlem tenements, Jewish cafeterias, Welsh miners or Central Park, Davidson imbues his work with a narrative eye. His photos tell stories, and he lets them speak for themselves.
The result is a comprehensive and elegantly presented portrait of an artist's life and work; foreword by Susan Meiselas and Andrew E. Lewin, text "At Home: Inside a Living Archive" by Tessa Hite, b/w and color documents and photos.
Published by Prestel, 2016
24 cm x 28 cm, 192 pages, good condition
ISBN 9783791381350
Bruce Davidson began his passion for photography at the age of ten. The son of a hard-working divorced mother, he was a loner who disliked school and had difficulty conforming to the world around him. His camera freed him from the limitations of his youth and opened the doors to a life of work. Vicki Goldberg's authoritative text explores the vast range of his vision and technique, and reveals how his work played a critical role in twentieth-century photography.
This lavishly illustrated text includes images from his most iconic series such as "Brooklyn Gang", "East 100th Street", "Subway", and "Time of Change: Civil Rights Photographs", as well as previously unpublished archival material from Davidson's private archive. Beautifully reproduced, these images reveal Davidson's curiosity and empathy for his subjects. Whether documenting circuses, gangs, East Harlem tenements, Jewish cafeterias, Welsh miners or Central Park, Davidson imbues his work with a narrative eye. His photos tell stories, and he lets them speak for themselves.
The result is a comprehensive and elegantly presented portrait of an artist's life and work; foreword by Susan Meiselas and Andrew E. Lewin, text "At Home: Inside a Living Archive" by Tessa Hite, b/w and color documents and photos.
Published by Prestel, 2016
24 cm x 28 cm, 192 pages, good condition
ISBN 9783791381350
