10 Corso Como New York and Magnum Photos present LOST AND FOUND by Bruce Gilden

An exhibition of Gilden’s New York street photographs from the 70s and 80s and fashion images

Opening Reception: Thursday, February 6, 6-8PMOn View: February 7 – April 5, 2020

Photo credit: (c) Bruce Gilden / Magnum Photos

New York, January 14 – In collaboration with Magnum Photos, 10 Corso Como New York presents LOST AND FOUND, an exhibition of Bruce Gilden’s early New York street photographs from the mid 70s through 80s as well as his more recent fashion images. The exhibition will be on view in the 10 Corso Como Gallery in Lower Manhattan’s Seaport District, February 7– April 5, 2020. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, February 6, 6-8 pm.

LOST AND FOUND is the result of a happy accident: the rediscovery of some 2000-odd rolls of 35mm film from Bruce Gilden’s early days photographing New York City, spanning from 1978 to 1984. The film had been relegated to filing cabinets at the time, yet in the summer of 2017, after a house move, Gilden found it again. These pictures are almost all made without the use of flash, which would become his trademark. As Gilden himself explains, “It’s Bruce Gilden before he really became the known Bruce Gilden.”

In many ways, these rediscovered images share much of what defined his early black and white books, like Coney Island and Facing New York: raw, close-up pictures of a long-gone iteration of New York street life, of the ‘characters’ that would become central to much of Gilden’s work. Gilden believes his recurring subject matters stem from his youth and upbringing: “Being a native New Yorker and having a gangster-type father – you know: big hats, thick grey hair, gold rings – that had a big effect on what I photographed. I never had to think about what I wanted to photograph.” These images – all vintage prints – are shown at the 10 Corso Como Gallery for the very first time.

The exhibition also includes Gilden’s fashion work, shot from 2000 on. Though all produced on assignment for publications including Vogue, Wallpaper and The New York Times, these portraits share the same gusto as his street photography: an intensity that is immediately recognizable, a wit and an immediacy that punch you in the gut.

The book LOST AND FOUND was originally published in 2019 by Editions Xavier Barral, Paris; and by Thames & Hudson, New York.

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About Bruce Gilden

An Iconic street photographer with a unique style, Bruce Gilden was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1946. He first went to Penn State University, but he found his sociology courses too boring for his temperament and he quit college. Gilden briefly toyed with the idea of being an actor but in 1967, he decided to buy a camera and to become a photographer. Although he did attend some evening classes at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Bruce Gilden is to be considered substantially a self-taught photographer. Right from childhood, he has always been fascinated by the life on the streets and the complicated and fascinating motion it involves, and this was the spark that inspired his first long-term personal projects, photographing in Coney Island and then during the Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Over the years he has produced long and detailed photographic projects in New York, Haiti, France , Ireland, India, Russia, Japan, England and now in America. Since the seventies his work has been exhibited in museum and art galleries all over the world and is part of many collections. The photographic style of Bruce Gilden is defined by the dynamic accent of his pictures, his special graphic qualities, and his original and direct manner of shooting the faces of passers-by with a flash. Gilden’s powerful images in black and white and now in color have brought the Magnum photographer worldwide fame. Gilden has received many awards and grants for his work, including National Endowments for the Arts fellowships (1980, 1984 and 1992), French “Villa Medicis Hors les Murs” grant (1995), grants from the New York State Foundation for the Arts ( 1979, 1992 and

2000), a Japan Foundation Artist Fellowship (1999) and in 2013 a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship.

Bruce Gilden has published 18 monographs of his work, among them: Facing New York, 1992; Bleus, 1994; Haiti, 1996 (European Publishers Award for Photography); After The Off, 1999; Go, 2000; Coney Island, 2002; A Beautiful Catastrophe, 2004; Foreclosures, 2013; A complete Examination of Middlesex, 2014. In 2015, Gilden published Face, and Hey Mister Throw Me Some Beads! His new book Un Nouveau Regard Sur la Mobilité Urbaine featuring the commission he did for the French transportation system RATP was released in April 2016. Bruce Gilden joined Magnum Photos in 1998. He lives in Beacon, New York.

About Magnum Photos

Magnum Photos is a cooperative founded in 1947 by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, George Rodger and David “Chim” Seymour. Since the 1930s, Magnum photographers have served as eyewitnesses to history – from the Spanish Civil War to the Civil Rights movement in the United States; from the genocide in Rwanda to every major armed conflict of modern times. Magnum represents some of the world’s most renowned photographers, maintaining its founding ideals and idiosyncratic mix of journalist, artist and storyteller. "Magnum is a community of thought, a shared human quality, a curiosity about what is going on in the world, a respect for what is going on and a desire to transcribe it visually." – Henri Cartier-Bresson

About 10 Corso Como

Founded in Milan in 1991 by former fashion editor and publisher Carla Sozzani, 10 Corso Como is recognized as the world’s first concept store, with a curated mix of fashion, design and art in a succession of spaces alongside a restaurant and cafe and an art and photography gallery. 10 Corso Como’s visual identity, interior and iconic logos are designed by American artist Kris Ruhs, inspired by the idea of bringing art into the everyday environment. Over the past almost 30 years, 10 Corso Como has expanded internationally with venues in Milan, Seoul and New York. The Seaport District in New York is its first U.S. location. For more information, visit www.10CorsoComo.nyc / @10corsocomo.newyork

Contacts:10 Corso Como New YorkPress inquiries: press@10corsocomo.nyc Gallery inquiries: gallery@10corsocomo.nycMagnum PhotosPress inquiries: Daniel.even.rodriguez@magnumphotos.com