1979, New York City
This photograph was taken by American photographer, Bruce Gilden. Through Gilden's work we see a vision of New York Street life. This photo in particular comes from a lost set of photos from Gilden's New York apartment that have now been unearthed and put in a collection with about 74 other photos. There was about two thousand rolls of film from the 70s and 80s.
The photo featured above captured my interest because of the women yelling on the phone. When first viewing the photo it made me laugh, I find humor and interest in the idea of people being in their own word. My other thought was how New Yorkers are stereotypically rude or mean. I also though the sort of quiteness of the background was really intriguing, New York is typically loud and busy but there is not too much going on in the background. We can see that the eye is drawn to this women in the foreground and everyone else blends into the background. Looking at Gilden's other work, which I'll include below, this serves as a constant throughout them.
Gilden viewed street photography as the ability to feel what is going on the picutre, he said in his book, "You feel the dirt, you feel the sweat, you feel the sleaziness, you feel the tension, you feel.... New York." In my opinion, Gilden is apt at doing this, you get a sense of what these people are feeling and it just feels so raw and real, and speaks even though we don't really know what is going on.
Here are a few of the other photos from the collection.
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