BRUCE GILDEN
“You don't have to be a genius to be a good photographer. You have to know what you like; know how to attain what you want to attain”
Meet Bruce Gilden in personal surroundings in his home with Sophie, his wife. Listen to his motivation for photography, challenges and where he finds beauty. A journey into some of the stories behind the images when he deepens your understanding of his book Face.
Bruce Gilden’s photographic style is defined by the dynamic accent of his pictures, his special graphic qualities, and his original and direct manner of shooting the faces of passers-by with a flash. His powerful images in black and white and now in colour have brought this Magnum photographer worldwide fame.
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In this 33 minutes long conversations with Bruce Gilden he will tell us about his motivations, what he finds challenging, and how he is able to see beauty in the faces of people living on the streets.
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Bruce Gilden is famous for his rough, unique style of shooting faces, mostly of people from the street. With his street photography sensibility, he will show you how he conducts commercial and editorial work for major clients like Vogue Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. See how he directs, looks for details, form and backgrounds to make the expression he wants in his photographs.
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Bruce Gilden is famous for his rough, unique style of shooting faces, mostly of people from the street. In this video he will tell us some of the stories behind a few of his many iconic, street photo’s. He speaks of the importance of physical presence when photographing in the streets, and the importance of being able to relate to the different people he meet. “You have to come from where they are,” he says.
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Meet Bruce Gilden in personal surroundings in his home with Sophie, his wife. Listen to his motivation for photography, challenges and where he finds beauty. A journey into some of the stories behind the images when he deepens your understanding of his book Face. “You don't have to be a genius to be a good photographer. You have to know what you like; know how to attain what you want to attain”
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Meet BRUCE GILDEN. Discover how he entered the world of photography, what inspires him and who he learns from. See how he works on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, and how he finds beauty in every person he photographs. 22 min.
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An iconic street photographer with a unique style.
Bruce Gilden is an American street photographer mostly known for his close-ups of rough people in the streets of New York. He exposes how the harassment of city-life affects both body and mind . He is seeking a raw beauty in his well composed pictures. His work challenge the viewer to make up their own stories. Gilden has made numerous books with well composed black and white and colour photography from all over the world.
In this 30 minutes long video you get to meet him at home, with his wife, talking about his work and how he works on the streets.
