#1639 - Bruce Davidson

Brooklyn Gang (couple kissing in the back seat of a car), 1959
May 21, 2025
#1639 - Bruce Davidson
"What’s important to me is the next picture. The picture that I haven’t taken. That’s what I’m looking for"

~ Bruce Davidson

Bruce at 91 years old is still looking. Even now he is looking through his extensive archive and finding unpublished gems. But this image from his celebrated “Brooklyn Gang” series has always been one of my all time favorite images of his. Growing up in the East End of London, my "Brooklyn", this is what we would call “having a good snog” . This image resonated too with no less a cultural figure than the great Bob Dylan who chose it to grace the cover of his celebrated album
“Together Through Life”. If you are a romantic like me we hope the couple in the image stayed together. What do you think?