Subway New York City USA 1980

Subway New York City USA 1980 by Bruce Davidson.

Specifications

6″ x 6″ Magnum Square print

Fuji Crystal Archival Matte paper

Signed on verso by Bruce Davidson

Mint condition

Statement from Bruce Davidson on the back of print Subway New York City USA 1980

"This photograph was taken as part of an ongoing series of color subway portraits in the early 1980s. I used to explore different subway lines, taking them to the end and then back again. One day I spotted this young man on the subway train at Coney Island who absorbed so much bright sun he appeared to be radiant. His glowing skin tone seemed to match the chains around his neck, which James Agee would often refer to as 'badges of being'. The fact that his face is in shadow implies 'hidden' to me. Although our meeting was momentary, he gave himself to the camera and then was gone, back into the bowels of Brooklyn. Forty years later I was told that this man, who was 20 at the time, became a prominent physical trainer."

Artist Bio

Bruce Landon Davidson is an American photographer. He has been a member of the Magnum Photos agency since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, New York City, have been widely exhibited and published. He is known for photographing communities usually hostile to outsiders.

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