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photography life and the opposites home images candid street photography i candid street photography ii candid street photography iii portraits people at work the child land and waterscapes cityscapes fauna dutchess county fair elizabethtown fair hoboken i hoboken ii coney island brighton beach and other beaches the pleasant finding out objects ordinary and grand my mother was a girl articles talks jacob riis what do the world and people deserve impressions of america on its way black white a poem with photographs daniel webster a great portrait in american history south street seaport museum high school photojournalism project how can a man be both critical and kind the life and work of henri cartier bresson people on an escalator share a dream what does it mean to have a beautiful way of seeing life gets around a discussion of the play detective story is kindness possible in sex a discussion of the play the animal kingdom can men be strong and tender the fight between anger and tenderness in men the life and work of lafcadio hearn bitterness sweetness greece mind body and kindness ego or justice the raging fight in every man book library journal review of photography life and the opposites journal of the print world review excerpts from the book the making of the book in hong kong and china comments from the art world and academia about cv artist statement comments on teaching links terrain gallery the honoring eye chaim dorothy koppelman foundation the fight about justice and pleasure in women the life work of tina modotti what does a person deserve the answer found in a great photograph the eternal lively opposites the selfie the luminous and the hidden opposites in robert hupka s photograph of toscanini and in us allan michael photographer aesthetic realism associate photography architecture life aesthetic realism looks at new york city harvey spears photography the fight in women about managing or understanding the beautiful answer the life work of marion post wolcott contact menu photography life and the opposites street address city state zip phone number photography education based on the aesthetic realism of eli siegel photography life and the opposites home images candid street photography i candid street photography ii candid street photography iii portraits people at work the child land and waterscapes cityscapes fauna dutchess county fair elizabethtown fair hoboken i hoboken ii coney island brighton beach and other beaches the pleasant finding out objects ordinary and grand my mother was a girl articles talks jacob riis what do the world and people deserve impressions of america on its way black white a poem with photographs daniel webster a great portrait in american history south street seaport museum high school photojournalism project how can a man be both critical and kind the life and work of henri cartier bresson people on an escalator share a dream what does it mean to have a beautiful way of seeing life gets around a discussion of the play detective story is kindness possible in sex a discussion of the play the animal kingdom can men be strong and tender the fight between anger and tenderness in men the life and work of lafcadio hearn bitterness sweetness greece mind body and kindness ego or justice the raging fight in every man book library journal review of photography life and the opposites journal of the print world review excerpts from the book the making of the book in hong kong and china comments from the art world and academia about cv artist statement comments on teaching links terrain gallery the honoring eye chaim dorothy koppelman foundation the fight about justice and pleasure in women the life work of tina modotti what does a person deserve the answer found in a great photograph the eternal lively opposites the selfie the luminous and the hidden opposites in robert hupka s photograph of toscanini and in us allan michael photographer aesthetic realism associate photography architecture life aesthetic realism looks at new york city harvey spears photography the fight in women about managing or understanding the beautiful answer the life work of marion post wolcott contact home my name is len bernstein and when i began to photograph 50 years ago i felt i found a way of expressing myself that met something so deep inside me that i wanted to do it for the rest of my life walking with my camera the city streets seemed transformed friendlier more interesting and i spent hours searching for dramatic situations trying to capture the right moment looking through the viewfinder what i saw had new value for me boredom and loneliness seemed to vanish and i wished i could feel that way all the time and hoping to learn what made a photograph successful i avidly studied the history and technique of photography my hopes were met when i first heard this principle stated by eli siegel the american critic and founder of the philosophy aesthetic realism all beauty is a making one of opposites and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves i ve had the thrill of testing this principle in thousands of instances from the first known photograph taken by nicéphore niépce around 1826 to the most modern work of today it explains what makes a photograph good and how our personal questions are the questions of art dignified and cultural i invite you to click on the links above which will take you to my images published articles workshops and talks i ve given and links to landmark art talks by some of the finest critics you will learn more about the magnificent education that explains the deep practical relation between art and how we hope to see the world we are meeting every moment of every day all images and text on this website are copyrighted by len bernstein unless cited otherwise