New York 1978-1984, the first early images of the American photographer and member of the Magnum Photos agency, rediscovered following a move and published for the first time in this book. From these thousands of previously unpublished images, most of which he had never seen himself, Gilden has selected around a hundred.
This historic archive, resurfacing forty years later, paints a portrait of a timeless New York, the city of his birth, and reveals a little-known aspect of the artist’s work: images shot without flash and almost exclusively horizontally, the opposite of what would make him famous years later. The accompanying interview by Sophie Darmaillacq explores the construction of the photographer through his personal history, his influences and his relationship with others.
Lost & Found already reveals the characteristic elements of Bruce Gilden’s images: continuous movement and tension, and an instinctive, irreverent affection for his subjects – in perfect connivance with his city.