Bruce Gilden (Photofile) bfi A major poet and literary

A major poet and literary critic leads an aesthetic adventure through poems about queer experience

Frank Santoro faces a straightforward yet heart-rending reality: His parents

Also featuring additional prints and drawings from the author's archives

as Chris Marker took his first steps into cinema

printers and photographers at the top of their field

Bruce Gilden (Photofile) bfi A major poet and literaryThe perfect introduction to American street photographer Bruce Gilden, best known for his candid close ups of people on the streets of New York City. Bruce Gilden was born in 1946 and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. After taking photography classes at the School of Visual Arts, he embarked on his first major project: recording tourists and pleasure seekers visiting Coney Island