Legendary Street Photographer Travels State Fairs—Captures Haunting Portraits, Plus More Of His Earlier Work

In his new series, Gilden says he was drawn to the way that his subjects were “very much in touch with life and death in a way that’s natural.” The NYC-based photographer continued, “The farm boys and farm girls are very Middle America, and that’s a part of America I don’t know well. I enjoy learning about people, seeing where they live, talking to them.”

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