Tag: Bruce Davidson

Leader of the Pack – The New York Times

Leader of the Pack

After 50 years, Bruce Davidson’s photos still click. Jim Lewis meets the man behind “Brooklyn Gang.”

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/t-magazine/12talk-davidson-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

‘They treated me like an invisible man,” Bruce Davidson told me. “I was a shadow.”

He was sitting in the living room of a large, tony Upper West Side apartment building with a courtyard — the fruit of a long and very distinguished career in American photography — and was talking about something that happened more than a half century ago. In 1959, he spent 11 months shooting a stunning portfolio of the members of a Brooklyn gang called the Jokers, producing one of the first full-immersion photo essays about an American youth subculture.

September 12, 2010
The Renowned, Unknown Bruce Davidson – Lens

The Renowned, Unknown Bruce Davidson

Bruce Davidson is one of the best-known photographers in America. With his three-volume retrospective, he hopes to be rediscovered.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/showcase-177/

One thing I learned is that I had photographs that were very contemporary in their scope that I didn’t print. At the time, I didn’t think they were worthy. What’s great about looking at your work is the emotion comes back. The emotion comes back. The rhythm of what you were photographing comes back. It’s almost like a musical score. You can see where I may have quit too soon, or stayed too long.

June 28, 2010
Bruce Davidson – Telegraph

Bruce Davidson

In 1957, Davidson starting working for Life Magazine and became a full-time member of Magnum in 1958.

via Telegraph.co.uk: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/photography/7071459/Bruce-Davidson.html

What’s the greatest picture you didn’t take?
The birth of our first child, Jenny. I was too involved with new life to cheapen it with a camera click.

January 26, 2010