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A Brooklyn Gang in a Bar

Bruce Davidson (mentioned on object), 1959-07

Bruce Davidson followed the ‘Jokers’, a teen gang in Brooklyn, day and night for an entire month. He photographed them hanging out on the street or at the beach on Coney Island, or while they showed each other their battle wounds in a bar. Davidson, in his mid-twenties, recorded their largely invisible world from the inside. This yielded a gritty, yet intimate document of the rise of teen culture in the late 1950s.

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2007-336
  • Dimensionsheight 320 mm x height 217 mm, width 277 mm x height 355 mm
  • Physical characteristicsontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Two Members of a Brooklyn Gang, New York
    • A Brooklyn Gang in a Bar
  • Series title(s)

    Brooklyn Gang

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2007-336

  • Description

    Foto afkomstig uit de reportage over de Brooklyn Gang.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • number: ‘5 9-7’
    • label: ‘48-01 PEOPLE/ YOUTH, SPECIAL STORIES/ D. DAVIDSON - THE GANG # 1’
    • number: ‘PF 53469’
    • stamp: ‘BRUCE DAVIDSON-MAGNUM Photos’
    • title: ‘The Gang’
    • signature: ‘Bruce Davidson’
    • label: ‘YOUTH / DAVIDSON/ The Gang, #1’

Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: Bruce Davidson (mentioned on object), New York (city)

  • Dating

    1959-07

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk

  • Dimensions

    • height 320 mm x height 217 mm
    • width 277 mm x height 355 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of Baker McKenzie

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2007

  • Copyright

    Bruce Davidson


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