Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933). Couples on Beach, Brighton, England and Scotland, 1960. Gelatin si...

Description

Bruce Davidson (American, b. 1933)
Couples on Beach, Brighton, England and Scotland, 1960
Gelatin silver print, printed later
18-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches (47.6 x 31.8 cm) (image)
20 x 16 inches (sheet)
Signed in pencil, verso.

LITERATURE:
B. Davidson & M. Haworth Booth, England and Scotland, 1960, Steidl, Göttingen, 2014, p. 77.

"In the fall of 1960, I was asked by Queen magazine to come over to Britain for two months and photograph... I got a small convertible with red leather seats and traveled around the countryside eating bananas and cookies that lay beside my camera on the front seat... I stood alone in the mute landscape and found an inner distance that placed me where I wanted to be."
BRUCE DAVIDSON

"Reflecting a post-war era in which the revolutions of the 1960s had yet to filter into the mainstream, Davidson's photographs reveal a country riven by difference, the extremes of city and country life, of the landed gentry and the common people, and lucidly portrays the mood of these times in a personal and provocative imagery that is as fresh today as it was at that time."
MAGNUM PHOTOS


Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000.

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