Alexandre Léger auteur rétro

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Mai 10th, 2024

Gangs! Le titre parle de lui-même. Sous le patronage de Bruce Davison, auteur de la célèbre série de clichés sur les gangs de Brooklyn. A noter que la photo figurant ci-dessous servit de couverture à l’édition française du roman « Portrait d’un jeune homme qui se noie/ Portrait of a drowning young man » de Charles Perry (1962) chronique de la délinquance blanche par…un auteur noir.

USA, Brooklyn, NY. 1959. Brooklyn gang.

circa 1955: A gang of teenagers hang out in the streets of America. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

circa 1955: Two members of a teenage girl gang looking at a cinema poster starring one of their movie heroes. (Photo by Vecchio/Three Lions/Getty Images)

circa 1955: Members of a teenage girl gang convincing an unwilling recruit to join the gang. (Photo by Vecchio/Three Lions/Getty Images)

circa 1955: A member of a teenage girl gang lying in bed smoking a cigarette. (Photo by Vecchio/Three Lions/Getty Images)

circa 1955: A teenage street gang carry out a mugging in a deserted alley in New York City. (Photo by Carl Purcell/Three Lions/Getty Images)

circa 1955: A teenage street gang hanging out in their local candy store in New York City. (Photo by Carl Purcell/Three Lions/Getty Images)

circa 1955: Two members of a teenage street gang chat outside a New York cinema showing ‘Not Of This Earth’. (Photo by Carl Purcell/Three Lions/Getty Images)

circa 1955: An ex-member of a teenage gang is welcomed into his local settlement house, the Boys Brotherhood Republic in New York City. (Photo by Carl Purcell/Three Lions/Getty Images)