Wednesday, 25 February 2015

1960

Candid photography really started to become popular and lifestyles became more cultures and different and people in more common places became more comfortable with expressing themselves through fashion and characteristics as the modern era was developing. We began to see the start of fashion crazes and phases and how social groups differed and became individuals withing groups. 

A man who documented this in the 60's is Bruce Davidson.
He is an american photographer who is a member of magnum photo's agency. His most noticeable photos are from Harlem New York  in which he photographs the communities which are hostile to outsiders.


Date: 1961
Photo credit: www.cbsnews.com

This image above is a photo he took during the civil rights movement. In the 60's during this era riots and strikes were the norm as the people constantly battled for equality and better living conditions and the 60's was of course the era of the hippies in which world peace became so important to achieve because of all the war that was happening at the time the biggest being: Vietnam war.

In this image we see a women being taken away by police (given away by one of the badges shown not the identity) however they are holding onto her they look linked together and united however separated in beliefs perhaps.


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