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Bruce Davidson: Five Decades

From photographs of a Brooklyn gang to civil-rights workers in the South, a powerful new retrospective celebrates 50 years of a groundbreaking social documentarian. VIEW OUR GALLERY

Published Nov. 5 2009 8:00AM EST

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-3_wsldi5 — Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-3_pj2zuz — Coney Island, 1959.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-7_jm4kol — Coney Island, 1959.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-12_mlz39s — Coney Island, 1959.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-19_zdsk3k — New York City, 1959.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-22_rlmjwl — New York City, 1959.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-16_ucfvig — New York City, 1959.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-13_ikxhoa — New York City, 1959.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-20_wykuek — New York City, 1959.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-2_rwhulm — The Great Freedom March, Selma, Alabama.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-1_uedvvm — The Great Freedom March, Selma, Alabama.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-11_iz5xe3 — Hampton, Virginia, 1962.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-4_hrnbqe — Montgomery, Alabama, 1961.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-14_aubxfr — Selma, Alabama, 1965.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-18_tcleue — National Guardsmen and residents along the route of the Freedom Riders from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-5_cgmtpu — New York City, 1966.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-8_eyyaxp — New York City, 1966.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-6_vrljub — New York City, 1966.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-15_ggvtrp — New York City, 1966.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-9_mshpah — New York City, 1966.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-21_hxqydo — New York City, 1966.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-17_xmmwax — New York City, 1966.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

galleries/2009/11/05/bruce-davidson-five-decades/bruce-davidson-10_dftazo — New York City, 1966.
Bruce Davidson / Magnum Photos

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