Living legend of street photography, member of the Magnum agency since 1998, Bruce Gilden takes advantage of his visit to Paris Photo in November to stop by the Canal Saint Martin!
On this occasion, you’ll find a signing of his two latest books published by Atelier EXB, Lost and Found (2019) and Cherry Blossom (2021). As always, a fascination with everyday street life and the complex movement it involves.
For Cherry Blossom, Bruce Gilden set off at the crack of dawn to explore an unfamiliar Japan, that of people on the bangs in Japan’s major metropolises, particularly in the dangerous district of Sanya, where Yakuza gangsters rub shoulders with bosozukus, teenage motorcycle gangs :I thought I’d landed in another world, a kind of Japanese version of the Court of Miracles (…)”.
“In Japan everything is very harmonious on the surface, and I immediately sought to go beyond the images that jump out at you. The lady in the cherry blossom kimono (which gives this book its title) is nothing extraordinary in itself, but the fact that she’s eating fried chicken in traditional dress gives a new dimension to the image. Simply because you don’t expect it.” Bruce Gilden
| Bruce Gilden’s work has been exhibited around the world and is included in numerous collections such as MoMA, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and the Getty Museum. In 2016, his work was featured in a group show at London’s Barbican Art Museum, and in 2019 at Pier 24 Photography in San Francisco. |
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See you on Tuesday, November 9 from 6:30 pm!