Coney Island Teens, 1949
Strangers Sharing a Public Bench, NYC, 1948
Man Smoking in 14th Street Diner, NYC, 1970
Gypsy Girl at the Carousel, Coney Island, 1949
Lone Soldier Standing Guard, Korea, 1953
Lady of The Lake, Vermont, 1974
What a Flock! Pigeons, NYC, 1956
Bronze Rose, 2000

Harold Feinstein was born in Coney Island in 1931 and began his photography career in 1946 at age 15.

Within four short years, Edward Steichen, an early supporter, had purchased his work for the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art.

He joined the Photo League at 17 and became a prominent figure of the early New York City street photography scene and one of the original inhabitants of the legendary "jazz loft".

B&W WORK

Coney Island

City Streets

Draftee – Korean War

Portraits, Nudes and Still-life

COLOR WORK

Flora

Seashells & Butterflies

Metropolis

Rodin Revealed

NEWS

Harold Feinstein: Retrospective receives PDN best photo book award!

May 6, 2013

Harold Feinstein: A Retrospective (Nazraeli Press) , the first career-spanning monograph showcasing the work of Harold Feinstein, is a winner in the PDN Photo Annual 2013 in the best Photo Book category. Every year, Photo District News (PDN), the magazine for photography professionals, honors the…

The Cleveland Botanical Garden features 70 Feinstein umbrellas in springtime celebration!

Apr 15, 2013

At last the long, cold winter has surrendered to the crocuses and daffodils and The Cleveland Botanical Gardens is celebrating with a blast of color from 70 Harold Feinstein Signature Collection umbrellas produced by Coynes Company. If you’re interested in your own umbrella to prepare…

Harold Feinstein: A Retrospective selected as a Photo-Eye Best Book of 2012

Feb 19, 2013

We’re pleased to announce that Harold’s latest book, Harold Feinstein: A Retrospective was chosen as a Photo-Eye Best Book of 2012. The book was selected by Svetlana Bachevanova, a publisher at FotoEvidence, a platform to support documentary photographers.
Here is her comment:
Decades before photojournalists…

Book party and benefit poster sale at Aperture Gallery in New York

Dec 6, 2012

Please join us for a book party and celebration at the Aperture Gallery and bookstore on Monday, December 17, 2012 from 6-9PM. The event is free and open to the general public. Please RSVP by email.
Harold will share memories from a lifetime of photography…

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FROM THE BLOG

65 years of photographing

Seeking Shade, Coney Island, 1946 This is one of my very first photographs shot the year I began taking pictures. I love the simple framing of the square, which helps to compose the elements of the photograph.

The Rolleiflex camera: Love at first sight

Someone once asked me what my favorite camera was. That’s easy. The Rolleiflex medium format TLR. In fact I would call it the most beautiful camera I’ve ever seen. It was relatively easy to use, light weight, extraordinarily well-constructed,…

Coney Island Sideshow goes uptown!

Run don’t walk to “Sideshow” an exhibition of early Coney Island memorabilia starting May 2nd at The Ross Art Group’s Manhattan gallery. If I could, I would be there. Opening night will feature not only a cornucopia…

Squash Blossom, Vermont, 1974
In the ICP's permanent collection

The ICP, Earth Day and me: Celebrating the beauty that surrounds us

Over the week-end a friend sent me a link to a blog featuring my work. Fans in a Flashbulb: Images from the collections of The International Center for Photography is a blog that shares photographs from the ICP’s permanent collection …

Coney Island’s Parachute Jump

What’s 262 feet high, known as the “Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn”, and about to be so brightly lit up that it will be seen from space? If you’re from Brooklyn, then the answer came right away, but for those of you not blessed…