Darkroom Print: Feast of San Gennaro, New York City, 1984 Jazz

Darkroom Print: Feast of San Gennaro, New York City, 1984 JazzIn 1984, 37 year old New Yorker Bruce Gilden photographed the Feast of San Gennaro in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattans Lower East Side. The annual September tradition celebrating the patron saint of Naples began in 1926, making it one of the citys oldest street fairs. Gilden doesnt title any of his photographs, but refers to this one as Best Street, because he says, I dont think I can do a better picture in the street of New York. With

in their hands

that they alone know the implications of their situation

with frequent demonstrations demanding voting rights and school integration met with an increase in violent bombings in Black communities between 1948 and 1965

“The blow was monumental

human comedy

Depardon subsequently joined Magnum in 1978 and has since pursued an illustrious dual career as photographer and award-winning filmmaker

and dedication — piquing the fascination of millions

Over the course of a career shaped predominantly by war

their elongated shadows stretching beside them in sharp relief

and was completed in 2020 with the last episodes of the tragic fire in Moria refugee reception center in Lesbos

the rise of Muhammad Ali and the politics and everyday life in East Berlin before the wall fell

from his passport to a range of letters (from Janet Leigh