Leica M System

BRUCE GILDEN (1946, Brooklyn/New York – lives in New York City)From the “Go” series, 1995–2000Although he is now a regular member of the Magnum agency, Bruce Gilden is anything but a traditional reportagephotographer. His role models could be William Klein or Diane Arbus. There is no doubt that Gilden was inspiredby Leon Levinstein, whose interest in people and unusual physiognomy he shares. Gilden looks for his subjectsin everyday urban life, and he sometimes attempts to further increase the visual radicalism of bizarre situationsby combining daylight and flash lighting. “Go”, his series about petty criminals, prostitutes and Mafiosi taken inJapan between 1995 and 2000 (see “Leica World” 2/2001) is certainly Gilden’s best work of this type to date.Camera : LEICA M6/Lens : LEICA ELMARIT-M 28 mm f/2.8Courtesy of Bruce Gilden / Magnum Photos