"Eight days is not long enough to capture the true character of a city, let alone scratch the surface, but if there's one photographer that can rise to this challenge, it's Bruce Gilden. This past winter, the renowned Magnum street photographer took his Leica camera to the streets of Naples, Italy for the city's annual Feast of the Epiphany, or La Befana, which takes place each year on January 6th, marking the end of the Christmas season."
"Gilden's gritty, self-taught style of street photography captures things as they are, not how we want them to be. His stark lens doesn't shy away from the strange or grotesque, often documenting subjects that are swollen, bruised, bandaged, or teary-eyed. In many ways, his unflinching eye is the perfect match for Italy, the country that gave rise to the neorealist film movement, and embraces strife with a sense of romance and wit."
Bruce Gilden spent eight days photographing Naples during the Feast of the Epiphany, producing 8 Days in Napoli, shown at the Leica Store & Gallery and published as the inaugural Leica Libretto. His gritty, self-taught street photography uses close-range flash to capture raw, sometimes grotesque portraits of people who are swollen, bruised, bandaged, or teary-eyed. The work echoes Italian neorealist cinema, combining strife with romance and wit, and several portraits recall faces from Mamma Roma and Bicycle Thieves. Gilden's steadfast, acerbic demeanor and confrontational approach reinforce the tension between photographer and subject visible in the images.
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