In 1960, after an intense year photographing the notorious Brooklyn street gang The Jokers, Bruce Davidson decided to remove himself from the tension and depression of that work. He received an assignment to photograph Marilyn Monroe during the making of John Houston’s The Misfits in the Nevada desert, and then travelled to London on commission for Queen magazine. Published by Jocelyn Stevens, Queen was devoted to British lifestyle and Davidson was charged, with no specific agenda, to spend a couple of months touring England and Scotland to create a visual portrait of the two countries. England / Scotland 1960 offers a poetic insight into the heart of English and Scottish cultures. Through many street photographs, landscapes, and portraits, one discerns a reflection of a post-war era in which the various revolutions of the 1960s had not totally changed its visual aspects. They then reveal societies with a difference – the extremes between town and country, between aristocracy and ordinary people – and of course deliver, in a more classic style than later, magnificent scenes of life.
BOOK
Bruce Davidson: England/Scotland 1960
England/Scotland 1960
Photographs by Bruce Davidson
Publisher: Steidl
144 Pages
116 photos b&w
ISBN 9783869304861
$60.00
