Bruce Gilden: Coney Island

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Summary: Excellent Overview of Bruce Gilden's earliest work
Review: "Coney Island" is a splendid collection of photographer Bruce Gilden's first important fine art documentary photography project, depicting the denizens of Coney Island. As such it is a vivid exploration of his early career as one of New York City's - and the world's - foremost street photographers (He is currently a member of Magnum Photos, the distinguished photojournalism agency.). Stylistically, there is some resemblance to work by other noted photographers such as Bruce Davidson and William Klein, but I suspect the most important influence is that from his teacher, Lisette Model. This is a long-overdue collection of Bruce's earliest work and hopefully it will remain in print.