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Series Title: Brooklyn Gang

Untitled

1959

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Image: 16 x 24 cm (6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.723
Copyright
© Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

One of Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story about a teenage gang called the Jokers.

Description

The gang member making out in the back seat of a car on the way home from Coney Island is Lefty, identifiable by his tattoo. “We always wondered why the girls liked him,” recalled Jokers member Bob Powers. “We never thought he was good-looking, but all the girls loved him. It was amazing.”
A horizontally oriented black-and-white photograph depicts two people with light skin tones in the back seat of a car. On our right, a shirtless man combs his hair, a tattoo visible on his upper arm. To our left, a woman looks toward him. In the foreground, two knees rise from the bottom edge. Visible through the rear window, a light-colored car follows on a road under a bright sky.

Untitled

1959

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
America

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