Bruce Davidson : Magnum Legacy

Bruce Davidson began his love affair with photography at age ten.

The son of a hardworking divorced mother, he was a loner who disliked school and had difficulty conforming to the world round him.

His camera released him from the boundaries of his youth and opened the doors to a lifetime's work.

Vicki Goldberg's authoritative text explores the wide range of his vision and technique, and reveals how his work has played a critical role in twentieth-century photography.

The text includes beautifully reproduced images from his most iconic series such as Brooklyn Gang, East 100th Street, Subway, and Time of Change: Civil Rights Photographs, along with never-before-seen archival material from Davidson's private archive.

Davidson's photographs reveal his curiosity about, and empathy for, his subjects; whether he is documenting circuses, gangs, East Harlem tenements, Jewish cafeterias, Welsh miners, or Central Park, Davidson imbues his work with an eye for narrative.

His pictures tell stories-and he lets them speak for themselves.

The result is a comprehensive and elegantly presented portrait of an artist's life and work.