Product Description 
An exceptional and gritty portrait of Japan and its people by the renowned Magnum street photographer Bruce Gilden. 
Bruce Gilden first set foot in Japan in 1995. On this trip, the first of several, he explored a hidden side of a country that had long fascinated him; from Tokyo to Osaka, he uncovered a Japan that is little-known to Westerners and captured it in his own inimitable photographic style. 
In Bruce Gilden: Cherry Blossom, Gilden tells the story of these travels and the ties he maintains with Japan in a rare introductory text. Every photograph portrays a close and powerful encounter. There are no cherry blossom trees or geishas on these pages; Gilden’s camera points toward the darker sides of Japanese life―the gangsters, the dispossessed, and people experiencing homelessness. As ever, the Magnum photographer’s work is tough and unflinching, his portrait of Japanese society unconventional and compelling. 
The stories told alongside these photographs―thirty-four of which are published here for the first time―create a book that’s hard to forget. 60 color illustrations 
 About the Author 
Bruce Gilden joined Magnum Photos in 1998. His work has been exhibited widely around the world and is part of many permanent collections such as MoMA, New York; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.

Bruce Gilden: Cherry Blossom

Arts & Photography

Gilden, Bruce

Photography & Video

Thames&Hudson

New Yorkers captured by the unforgiving camera of Magnum's Bruce Gilden.

Facing New York

Dewi Lewis Publishing

On the outskirts of the five boroughs sits Coney Island, the world famous pleasure beach that has been the summer destination for New Yorkers since its heyday in the 1890s. Toward the end of the 1960s, just one year after he first picked a camera, Bruce Gilden took the subway train through Brooklyn to capture the sunbathers, the weekenders, and the sideshow freaks who stroll the Boardwalk and sprawl on the sands of Coney Island. As the area's reputation slipped, Gilden continued to take pictures. The result is this book, which gathers together a selection of his Coney Island photographs from the late 60s up through the late 80s, some of which are paired with hand-written recollections, all of which testify to Gilden's ability to eke out the characters and eccentricities of daily life. I still remember, it was a Thursday morning in June and I was living in Queens. I hitchhiked to Coney island. It took me one-and-a-half hours and when I got there, no one was around. I realized that people generally only go to the beach on weekends. I saw this little fellow standing by himself in the midway. He told me that his name was Little Louie and that he had bad teeth . . . --Bruce Gilden Introduction by Bruce Gilden. 
 9.5 x 13 in. 54 b/w illustrations

Bruce Gilden: Coney Island

Individual Artists

Trebruk Pub

A rivetting and dynamic portrait of rural Irish life from Magnum photographer Bruce Gilden.

After The Off

HEALY, Dermot

From voodoo to violence in Gilden's chilling portrait of Haiti.

Haiti

Bruce Gilden has always had a fascination with what he calls characters . So, for Bruce, New York, with its famous idiosyncratic citizenry and the unique energy of its streets, proved to be a giant creative playground. Originally published in 1992 and long out of print, 'Facing New York' has become a recognised photobook classic. For this new edition Bruce has replaced two images, of which he says that he just can t understand why they didn t make his original selection.

Né en 1946. Américain. Vit à New York. Rejoint Magnum en 1998. L'enfance de Bruce Gilden à Brooklyn l'a doté d'un grand sens de l'observation des us et coutumes urbains. Il a tout d'abord étudié la sociologie, avant que son intérêt pour la photographie se révèle à la vision du film de Michelangelo Antonioni, Blow Up. Il a alors commencé à suivre des cours du soir en photographie à la New York School of Visual Arts. Son premier grand projet, sur lequel il a travaillé jusqu'en 1986, est la légendaire plage new-yorkaise Coney Island. Il s'est ensuite intéressé à La Nouvelle-Orléans et à son célèbre Mardi Gras.
En 1984, il commence à photographier Haïti, où il s'est rendu régulièrement pendant dix ans, tout en continuant à être inspiré par les rues de New York. Cette série, commencée en 1981, aboutira à la publication de Facing New York (1992) et de A Beautiful Catastrophe (2005). Il a également exploré l'Irlande rurale et son engouement pour les courses de chevaux. After the Off juxtapose ses photographies et un texte de l'écrivain irlandais Dermot Healey. Son livre suivant, Go, jette un regard pénétrant sur le côté sombre du Japon, avec des images des sans-abri et des "Yakuza", la mafia japonaise. Le travail de Bruce Gilden a été largement exposé et acheté par de nombreuses collections permanentes, dont celles du musée d'Art moderne de New York, du Victoria &amp; Albert Museum à Londres, et du Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. Bruce Gilden est devenu membre de Magnum en 2002.

Bruce Gilden

Actes-sud

Cherry Blossom

XAVIER BARRAL

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Bruce Gilden: Cherry Blossom

Facing New York

Bruce Gilden: Coney Island

After The Off

Haiti

Facing New York

Bruce Gilden

Cherry Blossom