Born 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois, American photographer Bruce Davidson has been a member of the Magnum Photos agency since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, New York City, have been widely exhibited and published. He is known for photographing communities usually hostile to outsiders.
These fascinating photos that Davidson documented everyday life of the U.S from between the 1950s and 1960s.
These fascinating photos that Davidson documented everyday life of the U.S from between the 1950s and 1960s.
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Yale football, New Haven, Connecticut, 1954 |
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| Dancing at the Paladium Savoy, NYC, 1958 |
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| Brooklyn gang, Coney Island, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Girl with eyes closed dancing with boy, from Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959 |
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| Under the boardwalk at Coney Island, 1959 |
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| American actress Marilyn Monroe on the set of 'The Misfits', a film by John Huston, Nevada, 1960 |
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| Central Park, NYC, 1960 |
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| Central Park, NYC, 1960 |
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| Director John Huston and Marilyn Monroe during the filming of 'The Misfits', Reno, Nevada, 1960 |
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| Freedom Riders on stop during bus trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi, 1960 |
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| Yves Montand, his wife Simone Signoret, Marilyn Monroe and her husband Arthur Miller at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California, 1960 |
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| Blues bar in Chicago's South Side, 1962 |
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| Graduation Day in Riverside Park, NYC, 1962 |
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| Harlem, NYC, 1962 |
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| NAACP convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1962 |
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| New York City, 1962 |
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| Woman sitting in booth, NYC, 1962 |
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| Chicago, Illinois, 1963 |
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| Chicago, Illinois, 1963 |
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| Chicago, Illinois, 1963 |
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| Malcolm X rally in Harlem, NYC, 1963 |
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| Playboy club, 1963 |
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| Los Angeles, 1964 |
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| Man dragged away by his feet during a CORE demonstration, NYC, 1964 |
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| Diana Ross at the Apollo Theatre, NYC, 1965 |
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| Diana Ross, 1965 |
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| Man leering at woman in topless restaurant, California, 1965 |
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| One-room schoolhouse near Selma, Alabama, 1965 |
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| Sammy Davis Jr., NYC, 1965 |
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| Sammy Davis Jr., NYC, 1965 |
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| Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni during the making of 'Zabriskie Point', California, 1968 |
