Bruce Gilden (born 1946) is a noted street photographer, known for his work in New York City. While studying sociology at Penn State, he saw Michelangelo Antonioni's film "Blowup" in 1968. Due to the film's influence, he purchased his first camera as a result, and began taking night classes in photography at the School of Visual Arts of New York. He routinely uses his camera's flash, alerting his subjects to his presence, unlike most street photographers. Fascinated with normal people on the street and the idea of visual spontaneity, Gilden turned to a career in photography.[cite news | first=Sandra | last=Ballentine | title=FOOTNOTES | date=2003-02-09 | publisher=New York Times | url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05E5D81F38F93AA35751C0A9659C8B63 | accessdate = 2008-08-14 | language = ] ]A member of Magnum Photos, 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.[cite news | title=Go see... | date=2001-04-01 | publisher=The Observer | url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2001/apr/01/life1.lifemagazine2 | accessdate = 2008-08-14 ] ]Gilden is also the subject of "Misery Loves Company: The Life and Death of Bruce Gilden", a documentary produced in 2007.[cite news | title=Misery Loves Company: The Life and Death of Bruce Gilden | publisher=New York Times | url =http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/400930/Misery-Loves-Company-The-Life-and-Death-of-Bruce-Gilden/overview | accessdate = 2008-09-02 ] ]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)
* "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", Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK (1999)
* "Ciganos", Centro Portuguès de Fotografia, Lisbon, Portugal (1999)
* "Haiti", Dewi Lewis Publishing and Editions Marval, UK & France (1999)
* "Go", Trebruk-Magnum, USA (2000)
* "Coney Island", Trebruk, UK (2002)
* "New York City" (2004)
* "A Beautiful Catastrophe", Powerhouse, USA (2005)
* "Magnum Stories" (2005)
* "Fashion Magazine", Magnum Photos, France (2006)
References
External links
* [http://blog.magnumphotos.com/bruce_gilden.html Bruce Gilden's blog]
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* [http://www.magnumphotos.com/BruceGilden Magnum Photos Gilden profile]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4251978 National Public Radio interview with Gilden]
