Bruce Gilden: Two Days Exploiting Appalachia

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“Two Days in Appalachia” is a recent photo essay by street photographer, Bruce Gilden, which was published in Vice, and has since generated a social media controversy for how Bruce portrayed the people in eastern Kentucky.

Correction: I misspoke when I cited “Rick Wilson” as the person speaking in the podcast clip. The audio clip that I used was of Roger May.

Two Days in Appalachia

Photograph mysticism: The co-host in the video below expresses the same moral sentiment as Brian Soko employed during our controversy, that being that, artists and photographers are somehow beyond the same moral chains that restrict the rest of us mere mortals… Spooky thinkology…


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jazzzy
jazzzy
10 years ago

Bruce Gilden not Gildon, please correct the typo

Paul Donohoe
Paul Donohoe
10 years ago

Two day? Not enough time to even find people that remind you of yourself Gilden has said he has no ethics and its true He likes the attention a bit like a troll on the net His sogcalled street photography is theft abuse and even dangerous Drive by shooting as you say Anyway two days versus years of time and engagement by the other guy? You have to wonder what is the point?

Paul Donohoe
Paul Donohoe
10 years ago

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