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Bruce Davidson is an American Magnum photographer known for immersive series such as Brooklyn Gang in 1959 and East 100th Street.
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What is Bruce Davidson's Brooklyn Gang series?
Brooklyn Gang is Davidson's 1959 photo essay about a teenage gang called the Jokers in Brooklyn. He spent time with the group rather than photographing them as quick street subjects.
What is East 100th Street by Bruce Davidson?
East 100th Street is Davidson's long-term project photographing residents of one block in East Harlem. The work was made in the late 1960s and became one of his defining books and exhibitions.
Is Bruce Davidson part of Magnum Photos?
Yes. Bruce Davidson joined Magnum Photos in the late 1950s. That placed him in the same documentary photography cooperative associated with figures such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Elliott Erwitt.
How was Bruce Davidson's subway work different from his earlier series?
Davidson's Subway project used color photography in the New York City subway during the early 1980s. It has a harsher urban energy than the more intimate black-and-white approach of Brooklyn Gang and East 100th Street.
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