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Series Title: Brooklyn Gang

Untitled (40019)

2009

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
Culture
America
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Paper: 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of an anonymous donor 2018.755
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 Bruce Davidson’s best-known series, Brooklyn Gang was inspired by a news story he read about a teenage gang.

Description

Bob Powers, seen here 50 years after Davidson spent the summer with the Jokers gang, grew up in a dysfunctional household, as did most of the gang members. Illiterate and alcoholic, he dropped out of school at 16, became addicted to drugs, and dealt them. At 40, homeless and near death, he detoxed and finally learned to read. He became a drug counselor and, around 1998, contacted Davidson and ended up writing a memoir.

Untitled (40019)

2009

Bruce Davidson

(American, b. 1933)
America

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