Fascinating Black And White Photos That Capture Everyday Life Of The United States From Between The 1950s And 1960s
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Born 1933 in Oak Park, Illinois, American photographer Bruce Davidson (previously) has been a member of the Magnum Photos agency since 1958. His photographs, notably those taken in Harlem, New York City, have been widely exhibited and published. He is known for photographing communities usually hostile to outsiders.
These fascinating photos that Davidson documented everyday life of the U.S from between the 1950s and 1960s.
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Yale football, New Haven, Connecticut, 1954
Dancing at the Paladium Savoy, NYC, 1958
Brooklyn gang, Coney Island, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Girl with eyes closed dancing with boy, from Brooklyn gang, NYC, 1959
Under the boardwalk at Coney Island, 1959
American actress Marilyn Monroe on the set of ‘The Misfits’, a film by John Huston, Nevada, 1960
Central Park, NYC, 1960
Central Park, NYC, 1960
Director John Huston and Marilyn Monroe during the filming of ‘The Misfits’, Reno, Nevada, 1960
Freedom Riders on stop during bus trip from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi, 1960
Yves Montand, his wife Simone Signoret, Marilyn Monroe and her husband Arthur Miller at the Beverly Hills Hotel, California, 1960
Blues bar in Chicago’s South Side, 1962
Graduation Day in Riverside Park, NYC, 1962
Harlem, NYC, 1962
NAACP convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1962
New York City, 1962
Woman sitting in booth, NYC, 1962
Chicago, Illinois, 1963
Chicago, Illinois, 1963
Chicago, Illinois, 1963
Malcolm X rally in Harlem, NYC, 1963
Playboy club, 1963
Los Angeles, 1964
Man dragged away by his feet during a CORE demonstration, NYC, 1964
Diana Ross at the Apollo Theatre, NYC, 1965
Diana Ross, 1965
Man leering at woman in topless restaurant, California, 1965
One-room schoolhouse near Selma, Alabama, 1965
Sammy Davis Jr., NYC, 1965
Sammy Davis Jr., NYC, 1965
Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni during the making of ‘Zabriskie Point’, California, 1968
