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Informationen zum Autor Bruce Davidson, geboren 1933, begann schon zehnjährig in Oak Park, Illinois zu fotografieren. Davidson studierte am Rochester Institute of Technology und an der Universität Yale, bis er in die Armee eingezogen wurde. Nachdem er 1957 den Militärdienst verließ, arbeitete er freiberuflich für Life und wurde 1958 Mitglied von Magnum Photos. Davidsons Arbeiten sind Teil vieler bedeutender Museumsbestände und seine Auszeichnungen beinhalten ein Guggenheim-Förderstipendium (1961) und die erste Auszeichnung für Fotografie der National Endowment for Arts (1967). Im Steidl Verlag erschienen Davidsons Circus (2007), Outside Inside (2010), Subway (2011) und Black & White; (2012). Klappentext Over the course of his long career Bruce Davidson has travelled the world making reportage stories both on assignment as a member of the Magnum agency and on subjects of personal interest. A few years ago he returned to his archive of negatives housed in a room in his Manhattan apartment and began a ritual of revisiting each and every one of the stories he had made! from his work as a student in 1954 to his urban landscapes in Los Angeles in 2009. Printing in his darkroom alongside the archive! he began to elaborate a very personal selection! discovering forgotten images and throwing new light onto some of his most famous series. Outside Inside is the result of this work! a sumptuous three volume box set with fifty-three chapters over 800 pages. Each chapter is introduced by a short text written by Davidson himself. The result is a celebration of the development of a master of the medium and an autobiography! a photographer's life seen through his work. Zusammenfassung Over the course of his long career Bruce Davidson has travelled the world making reportage stories both on assignment as a member of the Magnum agency and on subjects of personal interest. A few years ago he returned to his archive of negatives housed in a room in his Manhattan apartment and began a ritual of revisiting each and every one of the stories he had made, from his work as a student in 1954 to his urban landscapes in Los Angeles in 2009. Printing in his darkroom alongside the archive, he began to elaborate a very personal selection, discovering forgotten images and throwing new light onto some of his most famous series. Outside Inside is the result of this work, a sumptuous three volume box set with fifty-three chapters over 800 pages. Each chapter is introduced by a short text written by Davidson himself. The result is a celebration of the development of a master of the medium and an autobiography, a photographer’s life seen through his work....
