Bruce Gilden in Conversation with Max Blagg with Book Signing!

Please join Leica Gallery New York for a special evening of conversation with Bruce Gilden and Max Blagg on Friday, September 26 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM as we celebrate the exhibition and publication of 8 Days in Napoli, exclusively available for the first time in the United States.

Bruce will be joined by poet and author Max Blagg who wrote the introductory essay to 8 Days in Napoli. Learn the stories behind the photographs and the making of the book.

Following the conversation, join Bruce for an exclusive book release and signing session. Meet the artist, and secure your own signed copy of 8 Days in Napoli.

The release of 8 Days in Napoli is the first edition in the Leica Libretto series. These beautifully crafted, collectible books are designed to spotlight a single photographic project—making iconic work accessible to both longtime collectors and new audiences. Gilden’s deep, decades-long relationship with Leica aligns with the brand’s core values of precision, artistry, and storytelling rooted in real life.

Seating will be limited. Reservations are required.

About the Artists:

Bruce Gilden was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1946. A self-taught photographer, he has spent over five decades cultivating his instantly recognizable style—characterized by his unflinching street portraits, often captured with a direct flash and intimate proximity. His work has spanned the globe, with major projects in New York, Haiti, Japan, and beyond.

A member of Magnum Photos since 1998, Gilden’s photographs are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), the Victoria and Albert Museum (London), and the Getty Museum (Los Angeles), among others. He has received multiple grants and fellowships, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2013. Gilden lives and works in Beacon, New York.

Max Blagg, English born, has lived in NYC since 1971. Highly respected as a poet, writer and performer on the New York literary scene, he has appeared at innumerable venues in and out of NYC, including the Kitchen, Guggenheim Museum, Parrish Museum, Jackie 60, St Marks Church, The National Arts Club, Bowery Poetry Club, CBGB, The Gershwin Hotel, Jackie 60, the Performing Garage, and many other choice locations.

Since 1979 he has published five volumes of poetry and prose, and his writing has appeared frequently in various magazines, including Bomb, Man of The World, Shiny, Interview, Aperture, Ten, Oyster, BG, Village Voice, Night, Verbal Abuse. Blagg was co-founder and co-editor with Glenn O'Brien, of the short-lived but groundbreaking magazine of art and literature, BALD EGO.

Blagg has collaborated with many artists, including James Nares, Alex Katz, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, Donald Sultan, Billy Sullivan, Keith Sonnier, Joe Fyfe, Jerelyn Hanrahan and Nicholas Rule, creating texts and poetry inspired by their work and used in gallery and museum exhibition catalogues, and artworks.

Blagg also recently published an 'embellished memoir', "Ticket Out" [Shallow Books NYC,2012] A sequel entitled "101 Nights". set in 1980s New York, is nearing completion.

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