A Closer Look

Bruce Gilden is considered one of the last great representatives of classic street photography and one of the most uncompromising portrait photographers of our time. As a member of the legendary Magnum Photos agency since 1998, he has been pointing his camera at those who otherwise remain invisible: the »underdogs«, »misfits«, and marginalized figures of society. With radical closeness and unvarnished directness, he creates images that immediately confront, disturb, and move us at the same time. His work has been exhibited worldwide, won numerous awards, and been published in more than thirty books. With the exhibition at WestLicht, his work is now being shown for the first time as a solo exhibition in Vienna.