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Evolution of an iconic Image: Boardwalk Sheet Music Montage, 1952 to 2020 - by Judith Thompson
Just recently I made the decision to release the first estate print from the Harold Feinstein Photography Trust. I made this decision because this iconic image — unknown until 10 years ago — has sold out as a signed contemporary print while inquiries about it exceed that for any other image. I have been deliberating… Continue reading
What’s the July 4th week-end without Coney Island? Will apple pie be the next to go? - by Judith Thompson
This ABC Nightline piece celebrating Coney Island and the photography of Harold Feinsted aired 25 years ago today. There were dire predictions about the future then…as there are now. Yet the same indomitable resilience remains!
HOMECOMING!! “Last Stop Coney Island” at the Coney Island Film Festival! - by Judith Thompson
PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING HAROLD HOME!! Last Stop Coney Island: The Life and Photography of Harold Feinstein Sunday, September 15th at 3PM at the Coney Island Museum! Buy your tickets now! Join me after the screening for a beer at The Coney Island Brewing Company.
Next stop London! Ramping up for the UK’s first exhibition and film screening! - by Judith Thompson
My bags are packed and I’m ready to go! If you’re planning to be at Photo London this year, please take in the remarkable Feinstein events taking place concurrently and right next door at Store X and the Curzon DocHouse in Bloomsbury. Many kudos to both Carrie Scott, curator and art dealer extraordinaire, and filmmaker… Continue reading
DOC NYC’s premier of “Last Stop Coney Island” a huge success! - by Judith Thompson
It was a great evening on November 14, 2018 at the Cinépolis theaters in Chelsea, where the indie film Last Stop Coney Island: The Life and Photography of Harold Feinstein premiered before a sell-out crowd as part of DOC NYC’s ninth year! The audience included long-time fans of Feinstein’s photography, former students, family members and those… Continue reading
Paris preview #2: Coney Island Quietude - by Judith Thompson
Included among the prints being exhibited at the up-coming show, Graciously Yours (Galerie Thierry Bigaignon, May 24-August 31) are a number of Coney Island photographs that speak to a quiet side of the famed amusement park away from the screams on the Cyclone or the barkers on the boardwalk. Harold’s own thoughts about these photographs… Continue reading
Feinstein’s work exhibiting at Arles Festival as part of group show highlighting Sid Grossman’s legacy - by Judith Thompson
At the 2016 Arles Photo Festival, the Howard Greenberg Gallery will present Sid Grossman: From document to revelation. In addition to Grossman’s own photographs, the show will include the work of seven other master photographers who knew Grossman through the Photo League or as his students. The exhibition will coincide with the release of the… Continue reading
The 2016 season opens at Coney Island: 100 free rides on the Cyclone! - by Judith Thompson
Last Saturday, March 26th, marked opening day for the 2016 Coney Island season and the first 100 people to line up for the Cyclone got a free ride! Harold must’ve been salivating! I’m not sure when his last ride on the Cyclone was, but I bet if he could’ve taken his wheel chair on board,… Continue reading
“Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland” comes to Brooklyn Museum - by Judith Thompson
Harold had wanted to put out a blog post about the Wadsworth Museum’s Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland when it first opened last January, but was unable to at that time. So, when I saw his photograph Teenagers on the beach, (1949) in the New York Times article about the show on Sunday,… Continue reading
Harold and his Leica - by Judith Thompson
I’m headed out to Los Angeles next week to represent Harold at the opening of his show Harold Feinstein’s Coney Island at the Leica Gallery LA. It will be the first show since his passing in June, so I’m eager to be going and hope to see any of our LA friends at the opening… Continue reading