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This volume presents Bruce Davidson's personal selections from his lesser-known color archive, from a period of nearly 60 years. Assignments from various magazines including Vogue, National Geographic and Life, as well as commercial projects led Davidson to photograph subjects as diverse as fashion (in the early 1960s), the Shah of Iran with his family (1964), keepers of French monuments (1988), the supermodel Kylie Bax (1997) and college cheerleaders (1989). He photographed in India and China, but also at home in New York, in Chicago and along the Pacific Coast Highway. In 1968, Michelangelo Antonioni invited Davidson to document the making of his film Zabriskie Point. Davidson also continued to pursue personal projects, such as photographing the Yiddish writer and Nobel Prize laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer (1972-75), the New York City subway (1980) and Katz's Delicatessen (2004). Often staying on in a country after an official assignment, Davidson documented Welsh coalfields, family holidays in Martha's Vineyard and travelled through Patagonia and Mexico.

A deep dive into the Davidson archiveLesser Known presents 130 photos by Bruce Davidson, made between 1955 and 1993, that have been overlooked until now. The book is the result of a year long undertaking by the photographer and his studio to examine 60 years of contact sheets and edit individual images into a singular work that plots his professional and personal growth.Lesser Known showcases Davidson's perpetual versatility and adaptability as a photographer through a focus on early assignments, the intimate documentation of his family life and smaller series such as unpublished color photographs from major bodies of work including East 100th Street and Campers.Born in Chicago in 1933, Bruce Davidson began photographing at the age of ten in Oak Park, Illinois. Davidson studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Yale University before being drafted into the army. After leaving military service in 1957, he freelanced for Life and in 1958 became a member of Magnum Photos. Davidson's solo exhibitions include those at The Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Walker Art Center, and his awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship and the first NEA Grant in Photography. In 2011 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. Davidson's books include Outside Inside (2010), Subway (2011), Black & White (2012) and England / Scotland 1960 (2014).

In 2008, Bruce Davidson, who had already photographed New York and Paris, began exploring Los Angeles with a focus on its exotic plant life. The arid climate, normally hostile to life, allows for an exceptional botanical diversity in L.A. County that reaches from the surrounding foothills and mountain wilderness to the Pacific Ocean, and Davidson quickly became a Los Angeles convert. "Traffic, wealth, poverty, violence and other urban phenomena give way to valiant plant life where ivy thrives on the underside of the 405 and Glendale Freeway interchanges, and a tree in the foothills regenerates itself after a wildfire has parched its bark," he writes. "Without its plant life and human respect for it, L.A. would be a vast desert void." Nature of Los Angeles 2008-2013 depicts the city in black and white, presenting its beauty and banality as emblematic of urban existence in general. Bruce Davidson (born 1933) began photographing at the age of ten in Oak Park, Illinois. He studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Yale University before being drafted into the army. After leaving military service in 1957, he freelanced for Life and in 1958 became a member of Magnum Photos. Davidson's work is held in many major museum collections and his awards include a Guggenheim fellowship (1962), the first National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Photography (1967) and an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from the Corcoran College of Art and Design (2011).

Nestled in the foothills of Massachusetts, Sirius Community celebrates 40 years this year as one of the longest-standing Intentional Communities in the United States. Last fall, Sirius lost its co-founding face of the community Bruce Davidson. A charismatic leader since day one, Bruce interacted with each guest and visitor with stories of wisdom and humor. Armed with only a dream and faith in a divine calling, but no address and little money, he, along with other founding members, persisted and built a community. Through late night nail pounding, confronting interpersonal conflict, crippling lawsuits, unwavering tenacity, and abundant contributions from countless others at Sirius he has left a legacy that touched the lives of many. How has Sirius survived and continued to blossom into a thriving community against all odds? What are the secrets of success? In this new book, compiled from recorded interviews with Bruce two years before he died, he shares personal struggle and insight in his role of leadership. His stories will make you laugh and cry as he dances between personal life experiences and community wisdom. After falling 50 feet out of a tree, almost dying and breaking his back, he takes us with him on his own personal journey. The wisdom and challenges he faced over the course of his seven-year illness are illuminated in his words.He lays out the mistakes and perseverance, the tragedies and miracles as he outlines the history and construction of Sirius both physically and spiritually. He speaks of the spirituality in all of us, how group process aligns us with our truth, and finding paths through conflict. While sometimes successful and other times full of frustration and difficulty, he never gave up on a 40-year experiment called community. Co-edited by Devin Lafferty, former community member, and Llani Davidson, Bruce's daughter.If you have landed at Sirius some time in your life, are considering community living, face challenges in your own community, or have an interest in your own personal growth, this book offers new wisdom on the human condition.