Bruce Davidson is an American photographer known for capturing images of communities and individuals living on the fringes of society. Imbued with sympathy for those potentially hostile to the general population, Davidson’s work is marked by a fearlessness and a lack of moral judgement. Some of the artist’s most famous photographs depicts scenes and portraits of individuals riding on the New York subway system during the early 1980s—when it was exceptionally dangerous to ride, covered in graffiti, and full of trash—which were compiled in the famous photo book Subway (1986).“Look, I’m kind of an explorer,” the artist once declared. “I’m entering a world and it takes time.” Born on September 5, 1933 in Oak Park, IL, he began taking photographs...