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New Magnum Photos Feature: Coney Island by Bruce Gilden

There is a new multimedia feature by Magnum again. This time it's Bruce Gilden with a selection of 20 images of Coney Island commented by the photographer.

It was a hell lot of fun and very interesting doing the interview for this essay. Bruce Gilden is a very interesting person with a very strong character, saying what he thinks. He is very direct, some people might call that harsh, I call it honest.

At first sight his images of Coney Island (he started photographing Coney Island in 1968) seem to have a different style in comparison to his later work. What connects all of his photography is Bruce Gildens interest in people. He once said in an interview for Source magazine: "The people that I photograph I enjoy. I am stimulated by them. I like people that have something different and special and I think that's what makes life special."
I certainly think that Bruce Gilden is one of these interesting persons. I enjoy his photography and I enjoy his way to be straight and honest.

You can view the new feature here. It's the third multimedia essay of this kind produced by Magnum In Motion. You can check the previous one of Larry Towell here. The last essay was a little different since there have been different stories on one topic which ended up in more photographies. The next essay is already in plan so be sure to see more commented photographs of Magnum in the near future.
Which Magnum photographer would you like to be subject of one of the next essays by the way? Feel free to leave your comments.

Posted by Martin Fuchs on June 22, 2005 11:47 PM