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Bruce Gilden was born on 1946 in United States, is an American street photographer (born 1946). Discover Bruce Gilden's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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1946

Bruce Gilden (born 1946) is an American street photographer.

He is best known for his candid close-up photographs of people on the streets of New York City, using a flashgun.

He has had various books of his work published, has received the European Publishers Award for Photography and is a Guggenheim Fellow.

1968

While studying sociology at Penn State, he saw Michelangelo Antonioni's film Blowup in 1968.

Influenced by the film, he purchased his first camera and began taking night classes in photography at the School of Visual Arts of New York.

Fascinated with people on the street and the idea of visual spontaneity, Gilden turned to a career in photography.

His work is characterized by his use of flash photography.

He has worked in black and white most of his life, but he began shooting in color and digital when he was introduced to the Leica S camera as part of Magnum's Postcards From America project.

1995

He has photographed people on the streets of New York, Japan's yakuza mobsters, homeless people, 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.

He has also photographed rural Ireland and horseracing there, as well as voodoo rituals in Haiti.

1998

Gilden has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1998.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Gilden was born in Brooklyn, New York.

Gilden has been a member of Magnum Photos since 1998.

His first major project was of people at Coney Island.

2007

Gilden is the subject of the documentary film Misery Loves Company: The Life and Death of Bruce Gilden (2007).

Gilden has described the way he photographs as “flash in one hand and jumping at people”.

2015

Sean O'Hagan, reviewing Gilden's Face (2015) in The Guardian wrote that "his style seems to work against any intention to humanise his subjects."

Contemporary American photographer Joel Meyerowitz has this to say about Gilden: “He’s a fucking bully.

I despise the work, I despise the attitude, he’s an aggressive bully and all the pictures look alike because he only has one idea—‘I’m gonna embarrass you, I’m going to humiliate you.’ I’m sorry, but no.”

Gilden's work is held in the following collections: