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Oct 29th, 2013 2 comments

Coney Island and Hurricane Sandy: One year later by Harold Feinstein

If I were able to get to the Museum of the City of New York, I would take in the show “Rising Waters”, a juried exhibition of photographs taken during the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. On this one year anniversary, New Yorkers are looking at the report card for the year of disaster assistance and… Continue reading

Oct 7th, 2013 14 comments

Coney Island sheet music — of and for the people! by Harold Feinstein

Sometimes the stars just seem to line up! I created this photo montage over six decades ago and have always loved it! The first version of it (below) was published in The New York Times in 1952 courtesy of my good friend, Jacob Deschin, the photo writer at the time. Then about a month ago… Continue reading

Sep 23rd, 2013 9 comments

How wide is wide enough? Flirtations with the Widelux by Harold Feinstein

After 67 years of photographing, remembering the cameras I’ve used is a bit like reminiscing about relationships. Some turn out to be real love affairs, others are flings, but no matter what, they are all old friends at this point — I’m happy to say. In the past year, I’ve written a couple of other… Continue reading

Sep 9th, 2013 4 comments

W. Eugene Smith and me at Helen Gee’s Limelight Gallery, 1957 by Harold Feinstein

Not a week goes by that I don’t think of W. Eugene Smith with a real sense of nostalgia. He was one of the most important people in my life, and a man who I truly loved. Just last week I was saying to Judith that I ought to do a blog about Gene and… Continue reading

Sep 2nd, 2013 2 comments

Summer’s Last Hurrah? At Coney Island it’s never over! by Harold Feinstein

Labor Day comes and goes… and suddenly we’re told it’s all over! No more sunshine and warm days? No more hot dogs and cotton candy? No more Cyclone? Says who? The beaches in New York City are now “officially closed”, the lifeguards have gone home, and parents are buying school supplies for their kids. No… Continue reading

Aug 20th, 2013 12 comments

Available light: Coney Island at Night by Harold Feinstein

As a street photographer, my typical modus operandi was to set my camera to automatic exposure (if possible), with great depth of field and bring lots of film, which I bought 100 feet at a time and rolled onto cartridges myself. This way I had my camera at the ready and could just click away… Continue reading

Jul 25th, 2013

Remembering the Forgotten War: Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War armistice, July 27, 2013 by Harold Feinstein

Tomorrow President Obama and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will head to the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the three year Korean War. As a veteran of that war, I am glad that the nearly 37,000 U.S. troops who lost their… Continue reading

Jul 8th, 2013 22 comments

Journey into the Unknown: Musings on the gift of life by Judith Thompson

Recently Harold had a short stay in the hospital. Afterwards he was reflecting on the things that have mattered the most in his life and I taped a short conversation between the two of us about his thoughts on life and photography. Judith: As a photographer for 67 years now, and a teacher to hundreds… Continue reading

    October 29th, 2013
    2 comments

    Coney Island and Hurricane Sandy: One year later by Harold Feinstein

    If I were able to get to the Museum of the City of New York, I would take in the show “Rising Waters”, a juried exhibition of photographs taken during the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. On this one year anniversary, New Yorkers are looking at the report card for the year of disaster assistance and… Continue reading

    October 7th, 2013
    14 comments

    Coney Island sheet music — of and for the people! by Harold Feinstein

    Sometimes the stars just seem to line up! I created this photo montage over six decades ago and have always loved it! The first version of it (below) was published in The New York Times in 1952 courtesy of my good friend, Jacob Deschin, the photo writer at the time. Then about a month ago… Continue reading

    September 23rd, 2013
    9 comments

    How wide is wide enough? Flirtations with the Widelux by Harold Feinstein

    After 67 years of photographing, remembering the cameras I’ve used is a bit like reminiscing about relationships. Some turn out to be real love affairs, others are flings, but no matter what, they are all old friends at this point — I’m happy to say. In the past year, I’ve written a couple of other… Continue reading

    September 9th, 2013
    4 comments

    W. Eugene Smith and me at Helen Gee’s Limelight Gallery, 1957 by Harold Feinstein

    Not a week goes by that I don’t think of W. Eugene Smith with a real sense of nostalgia. He was one of the most important people in my life, and a man who I truly loved. Just last week I was saying to Judith that I ought to do a blog about Gene and… Continue reading

    September 2nd, 2013
    2 comments

    Summer’s Last Hurrah? At Coney Island it’s never over! by Harold Feinstein

    Labor Day comes and goes… and suddenly we’re told it’s all over! No more sunshine and warm days? No more hot dogs and cotton candy? No more Cyclone? Says who? The beaches in New York City are now “officially closed”, the lifeguards have gone home, and parents are buying school supplies for their kids. No… Continue reading

    August 20th, 2013
    12 comments

    Available light: Coney Island at Night by Harold Feinstein

    As a street photographer, my typical modus operandi was to set my camera to automatic exposure (if possible), with great depth of field and bring lots of film, which I bought 100 feet at a time and rolled onto cartridges myself. This way I had my camera at the ready and could just click away… Continue reading

    July 25th, 2013

    Remembering the Forgotten War: Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War armistice, July 27, 2013 by Harold Feinstein

    Tomorrow President Obama and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will head to the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the armistice agreement that ended the three year Korean War. As a veteran of that war, I am glad that the nearly 37,000 U.S. troops who lost their… Continue reading

    July 8th, 2013
    22 comments

    Journey into the Unknown: Musings on the gift of life by Judith Thompson

    Recently Harold had a short stay in the hospital. Afterwards he was reflecting on the things that have mattered the most in his life and I taped a short conversation between the two of us about his thoughts on life and photography. Judith: As a photographer for 67 years now, and a teacher to hundreds… Continue reading

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