Italians — Bruce Gilden — 89books

Bruce Gilden turns his confrontational portrait language toward Italy, working at close range and allowing faces, clothing and physical attitude to dominate the frame. The pictures are less a survey of national character than a sequence of emphatic individual presences, shaped by Gilden’s characteristic interest in people who resist visual anonymity. Published by 89books, Italians places his direct, flash-driven approach inside a specifically Italian street context, where theatricality and everyday life repeatedly overlap.

Technical Sheet
Title: Italians
Artist / Author: Bruce Gilden
Date: 2021
Medium / Materials: Set of 20 black-and-white posters; softcover presentation
Pages: 20
Images: 20 black-and-white portraits
Language: English
Publisher: 89books
ISBN: 979-12-80423-03-0
Condition: New