Bruce Davidson “If I am looking for a story at all, it is in my relationship to the subject- the story tells me, rather than that I tell”.

In the Beginning Born September 5, 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois Started taking photographs at age 10 and inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank At 19, he won his 1st national recognition for his photography, 1952 Kodak National High School Photographic Award for photo he took of an owl After graduating from high school ha attended the Rochester Institute of Tech. and Yale University.

While in college Davidson was drafted into the U. S While in college Davidson was drafted into the U.S. Army where he was stationed in Paris At Paris is where he met Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the founders or the agency Magnum Photos In 1957 he left military service and worked as a freelance photographer for LIFE magazine Then in 1958 he became a full member of Magnum

First Famous Works From 1958 to 1961 he created works called “The Dwarf”, “Brooklyn Gang” and “Freedom Rides” Received a Guggenheim fellowship in 1962 and created documentations of the civil rights movement. A year later the Museum of Modern Art in New York presented hid work Then in 1967 he received the first grant for photography from the National Endowment for the Arts, he spent 2 years witnessing the social conditions in East Harlem. His work was called “East 100th Street” From 1991-1995 he photographed landscapes and layers of life in Central Park. In 2006 he completed a set of photos titled “The Nature of Paris”

Awards Lucie award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography in 2004 A Gold Medal Lifetime Achievement Award form the National Arts Club in 2007 Bodies or his classic work from his 50-year career been published in monographs and in many major, public and private fine art collections.

He continues to photograph and produce new bodies of work

USA. New York City. 1966. East 100th Street. Bruce Davidson 1966

USA. New York City. 1966. East 100th Street. Bruce Davidson 1966

USA. New York City. 1966. East 100th Street Bruce Davidson 1966

SA. Palisades, New Jersey. 1958. The Dwarf.

USA. Palisades, New Jersey. 1958. The Dwarf. Jimmy Armstrong.

USA. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn Gang

USA. New York City. 1959. Brooklyn Gang. Coney Island Beach.

USA. 1965. Alabama. Selma. A group of civil rights demonstrators march from Selma to Montgomery.

USA. 1962 Birmingham, Alabama USA. 1962 Birmingham, Alabama. Reverend Martin Luther KING at a press conference.

USA. 1965. Alabama. One-room schoolhouse near Selma.