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Distro - Coney Island. 1977-2001 

Bruce Gilden 

Sitting on the outskirts of the five boroughs, the world famous pleasure
beach, Coney island, has been the summer destination for New Yorkers
since its heyday in the 1890s. Towards the end of the 1960s, one year after
he picked up a camera, Bruce Gilden took the subway train through Brooklyn to
capture the boardwalk, the sunbathers, the weekenders and the sideshow
booths.

Coney Island¹s reputation has steadily slipped since Gilden started to
photograph there, known as a place where the poor go for thrills. This
coupled with Gilden¹s ability to eke out the characters and eccentricities
of... 

Bruce Gilden 1969

USA. New York City. Coney Island. 1969. Fellini. 

Bruce Gilden 1969

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1969. Woman in See Her Change booth on... 

Bruce Gilden 1969

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1969. Man with flowers on car. 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1972. Man with basketball on beach. 

Bruce Gilden 1969

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1969. Three men in bathing suits walk... 

Bruce Gilden 1969

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1969. Sanitation man on the boardwalk.... 

Bruce Gilden 1969

Coney Island. 1969. Three men in bathing suits walk along the... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Man with plane on boardwalk. 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Old man and muscle man on the beach.... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Men going into sea. 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Overweight woman on beach chair... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Elderly lady in a bra, sitting... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Lady standing on beach with dress... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Two men sunbathing on beach with... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Puerto Rican couple on boardwalk.... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. A blind man walking along the street.... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. The bare backs of men walkings down the... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Lady on the boardwalk with an ice... 

Bruce Gilden 1976

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1976. Mentally handicapped man on beach... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Overweight man sunbathing on beach... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Two overweight men baring their... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Woman blowing smoke out of her... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. The backs of two men walking on... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. A couple sits on the sidewalk at... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Crowds of people clustered together... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Little Louie standing on the deserted... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. A couple embraces on the boardwalk... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. An overweight man and his friend... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Three overweight women spend time... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Man sleeping with mouth open. 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. New York City. Coney Island. Woman exposing her breasts... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Close-up portrait of man with deformed... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Close-up of man exercising with... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Portrait of man in bathing cap.... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Woman sunbathing with handkerchief... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Man exercising on the beach. 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Man walking by parachute jump ride... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Men exercise and sunbathe on the... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Nuns walk along the boardwalk. 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Man sunbathes on beach while wearing... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Man sunbathes on beach surrounded... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Older man sunbathes on beach. 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. People hand handkerchiefs to a... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. woman with a scarred face sunbathes... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Woman at the beach with dress on... 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Women on the boardwalk. 

Bruce Gilden 1977

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1977. Women on the beach with her hands... 

Bruce Gilden 1980

1980. Man on crowded beach with hands on his hips. 

Bruce Gilden 1982

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1982. Woman on beach pointing at a man... 

Bruce Gilden 1982

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1982. At the beach, sun tan oil reflecting... 

Bruce Gilden 1982

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1982. A woman in a bathing suit and hat... 

Bruce Gilden 1986

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1986. A woman sunbathes on the beach.... 

Bruce Gilden 1986

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1986. A family walks along the boardwalk.... 

Bruce Gilden 1988

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1986. A family walks along the crowded... 

Bruce Gilden 2001

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 2001. Stuffed monkey on a fence along... 
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