I shoot who I am, and I shoot what interests me, even when people hire me. I'll get the job done, but I have a lot of energy in my pictures. With those people, there's a lot of energy. They're shopping, shopping, shopping. They go with their carts, and their red lipstick and their bright clothes.

Bruce Gilden

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I love the people I photograph. I mean, they're my friends. I've never met most of them or I don't know them at all, yet through my images I live with them.

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I'm known for taking pictures very close, and the older I get, th... by Bruce Gilden

I'm known for taking pictures very close, and the older I get, the closer I get.

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If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a stree... by Bruce Gilden

If you can smell the street by looking at the photo, it's a street photograph

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I'm photographing myself out there. Not myself physically, but me... by Bruce Gilden

I'm photographing myself out there. Not myself physically, but mentally. It's my take on the world.

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Everything isn't black and white, but for me it might as well be. by Bruce Gilden

Everything isn't black and white, but for me it might as well be.

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I always said it kept me alive - photography - because it did. It... by Bruce Gilden

I always said it kept me alive - photography - because it did. It was my catharsis.

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There are never beginnings and endings in my work; everything jus... by Bruce Gilden

There are never beginnings and endings in my work; everything just fits into place after a while.

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Here, a guy gets a job on Wall Street, where's the struggle ? i'm... by Bruce Gilden

Here, a guy gets a job on Wall Street, where's the struggle ? i'm not interested, visually.

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I have very good bedside manner from all the years on the streets, it's like playing sports. You don't have time to think. You act and react.

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