Bruce Gilden's childhood in Brooklyn endowed him with a keen eye for observing urban behaviors and customs. He studied sociology, but his interest in photography grew when he saw Michelangelo Antonioni's film "Blow-Up", after which he began taking night classes in photography at the New York School [...]
Set in rural Ireland, against the backdrop of gambling at local racetracks, After the Off combines the intensity of Bruce Gilden's powerful black and white portraits with the vividly atmospheric storytelling of Dermot Healy. It is a powerful synthesis of exhilarating texture, combining the direct an[...]
Bruce Gilden was born in 1946 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After taking photography classes at the School of Visual Arts, he embarked on his first major project: recording tourists and pleasure-seekers visiting Coney Island. Gilden is probably best known for his work on the streets of New York[...]
In "A Complete Examination of Middlesex," New York-based street photographer Bruce Gilden (born 1946) captures the diversity of characters populating the streets of London. In color and black and white, Gilden's snapshots present the viewer with shots of the isolated hands, feet and faces of passers[...]
A large-format, gloriously illustrated riot of a book that will be seized on by fans of the previous, collectible 'Fashion Magazine' as well as Gilden's many admirers.[...]