Publisher/Powerhouse Books

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"A Beautiful Catastrophe" is a collection of works by American photographer Bruce Gilden (1946-). Born in Brooklyn, Gilden is a photographer for Magnum Photos, where he has been active since the 1970s. However, he has established a unique position for himself through extremely physical and aggressive street photography, which is vastly different from typical photojournalism. His technique of using ultra-wide-angle lenses and powerful flashes to get very close to his subjects has often been controversial, but it has revealed the excess energy of New York City, including its anonymity, violence, desire, aging, race, and class, in a raw and unadulterated way. He can be said to be a follower of the lineage of Weegee, William Klein, and Diane Arbus, but updated with a more modern and confrontational sensibility. This book mainly consists of New York works taken after 1981, and the title is derived from Le Corbusier's assessment of New York, "A Beautiful Catastrophe." This is a representative work of Guildenselles, vividly portraying the chaos and energy of the city itself through the countless people who intersect on the street corners.