PHOTOGRAPHY: Teen Brooklyn Gangs in 1959 by Bruce Davidson In 1959, the 25-year-old photographer emb
PHOTOGRAPHY: Teen Brooklyn Gangs in 1959 by Bruce Davidson In 1959, the 25-year-old photographer embedded himself with a gang of teenage New Yorkers to create a moving portrait of postwar inner-city youth culture. Davidson recalls, “I met a group of teenagers called the Jokers,” he wrote in the afterword to his seminal book of insider reportage, Brooklyn Gang. “I was 25 and they were about 16. I could easily have been taken for one of them.” He adds, “In time they allowed me to witness their fear, depression and anger. I soon realized that I, too, was feeling their pain. In staying close to them, I uncovered my own feelings of failure, frustration and rage.” Brooklyn Gang is currently available as a photo essay book. -- source link
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