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Bruce Gilden

(1946) Professional Photographer

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Bruce Gilden is a professional photographer.

Quick Facts About Bruce Gilden

Born: October 16, 1946
Profession: Professional Photographer

About Bruce Gilden

[Wikidata] American photographer (1946- )... | [Wikipedia] Bruce Gilden 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. Gi

Quotes by Bruce Gilden

There are never beginnings and endings in my work; everything just fits into place after a while.

Beginnings and endings

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I love the people I photograph. I mean, they're my friends. I've never met most of them or I don't know them…

Inspirational

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I'm photographing myself out there. Not myself physically, but mentally. It's my take on the world.

Photography

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If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph

Ifs

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Everything isn't black and white, but for me it might as well be.

Black

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I always said it kept me alive - photography - because it did. It was my catharsis.

Alive

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I'm known for taking pictures very close, and the older I get, the closer I get.

Funny

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