Facing New York

The cast of characters in Bruce Gilden's theatre of the street is outrageous. Sometimes tawdry or out-of-this-world, they are mostly mysterious. To Gilden and his fellow New Yorkers, they're just neighbors. In broad and simple terms, and with great expressive authority, Gilden has captured the uniquely individualistic, self-styled New York personality on the run. In Gilden's world, no one is on the margins of center stage, they are all star players.