"BRUCE DAVIDSON – PORTRAITS". Collectif. Editions Aperture Foundation, New York. 1999. Edition originale. Imprimé en Italie. Petit in-4, format oblong, couverture toilée noire sous jaquette photo. 72 pages. Texte en anglais, illustré de 60 reproductions photographiques noir & blanc, hors texte, par Bruce Davidson.

 

"What happens when a photographer known for his empathetic portraiture of the marginalized or downtrodden focuses his extraordinary eye on the lifestyles of the rich and the famous? ln Bruce Davidson's wildly diverse and typically revealing Portraits, witness an aggressive Joan Crawford, hell-bent on force-feeding some poor soul, Diana Ross and The Supremes in the midst of a snowball fight, an unwaveringly intense Samuel Beckett during a rehearsal of Waiting for Godot. Seen through Davidson's lens, Newt Gingrich looks as goofy as Bobby Kennedy seems impenetrable. Whether photographing residents on Harlem's East 100th Street, subway riders, or the denizens of Central Park, Bruce Davidson has always established an intuitive rapport with his subjects. Now, for the first time, we see this take on some of our favorite and often controversial personalities…"

 

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