DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER Bruce Landon davidson DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER

Biography Born on September 5, 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois Was drafted into Military Service(1957) stationed near Paris, France. Education: Yale University (1955), Rochester Institute of Technology, Oak Park and River Forest High School Achievements: Lucie Award For Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Photography, Gold Medal Lifetime Achievement Award from National Arts Club . Published Work: Museum of Art, New York and the Tate Galleries, UK.

Childhood Bruce Davidson was always fond of photography since the age 7, when he was first given a camera in 1940. "Most boys my age had a dog," he says, laughing. "I had a camera.” It was, he says, " a primitive little box-type machine" and he used it to take photographs of his suburban neighbourhood, Oak Park, Illinois.

Childhood The young Davidson was so mesmerised by the magic of the dark room that he persuaded his mother, a single parent who worked in a local torpedo factory, to build him one in the basement of their house. "My mother was utterly independent and she encouraged my younger brother and me to be the same way and to follow what we wanted to do. He became a scientist and I found my way through life through the camera's lens. I used it to record my feelings about the world. Still do."

Style of photography: Documentary Photography Shirtless Youth Lighting up Cigarette, Brooklyn, New York, 1959 Silver gelatin print 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches, 20 x 24 inches

Girl with Kitten, London, 1960 Silver gelatin print Available in four sizes: 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches 20 x 24 inches, 30 x 40 inches

Jimmy Armstrong with the Clyde Beatty Circus, Palisades, New Jersey, 1958 Silver gelatin print Available in three sizes: 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches 20 x 24 inches

Two Nannies Pulling Buggies, from ‘England/Scotland’, 1966 Silver gelatin print Available in three sizes: 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches, 20 x 24 inches

Cathy Fixing her Hair in Cigarette Machine Mirror with Arty at the Ocean Tide Baths and Bar, Coney Island, 1959 Silver gelatin print Available in three sizes: 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches, 20 x 24 inches

USA. Alabama, Montgomery. Martin Luther KING Jr USA. Alabama, Montgomery. Martin Luther KING Jr. at a press conference declaring the Freedom Rides will continue. John LEWIS (right) was beaten by KKK earlier in Montgomery.

England, 1960 Silver gelatin print Available in three sizes: 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches 20 x 24 inches

Young Man and Coca-Cola Machine, 1959 Silver gelatin print Available in three sizes: 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches 20 x 24 inches

Silver gelatin print Available in three sizes: 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches 20 x 24 inches Couple Dancing by a Juke Box, East 100th Street, New York City, 1966-68

Child with Pram, from ‘Welsh Miners’, 1965 Archival pigment print Available in three sizes: 11 x 14 inches, 16 x 20 inches, 20 x 24 inches

USA. Hollywood, California. 1960 USA. Hollywood, California. 1960. Marilyn Monroe, Yves Montand at a press conference for their film LETS MAKE LOVE ( in French : Le Milliardaire), together with Simone Signoret and Arthur Miller their respective spouses.

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REFERENCES https://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/bruce-davidson?all/all/all/all/0 https://huxleyparlour.com/artists/bruce-davidson/ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/apr/24/bruce-davidson-interview-sean-ohagan