My shipment of  books from Amazon arrived today and I was flipping through the great photos from the world renowned Magnum. What a fantastic collection of diverse images from the last 60 years at Magnum. If you are somewhat interested in photography, I would certainly recommend picking up a copy of Magnum Magnum.

First thing you will notice is the sheer size and weight of this book. Its well over 500 pages that are mixed with wonderful black and white images as well as superb colour. The one thing that stood out right away was that the commentary for each photographer was done by a fellow photographer. For example, Eve Arnold’s brief was created by none other than Elliott Erwitt. But don’t expect a collection of the most famous images published by Magnum. The book isn’t that. But it’s a great collection of persoanlities that have made Magnum so great.

So where was I? I thought I had seem some crazy things in my very short photography career, but Bruce Gilden has taken the cake. Yes, you can find some fascinating images from Bruce in this book, but the real excitement for me was watching how he operates – his style. No care in the world. No worrying about invading others personal space – no chance of that.

I hope you enjoy this short video of Bruce as much as I did.

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