depression

American, born 1946 Bruce Gilden specializes in observing urban behaviors and customs, from the beach at Coney Island to the shacks of Haiti. After joining Magnum in 1998, he tackled the streets of New York City, culminating in “Facing New York” (1992) and “A Beautiful Catastrophe” (2005).

"During the few days that I spent on Wall Street, exactly one week after its worst days since 1929, a sense of shock and stupor pervaded the atmosphere as the exchanges continued to oscillate from the very negative to the barely positive." - Paolo Pellegrin