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Jan 15th, 2015 13 comments

1957 Greenwich Village: Barney Rosset, Evergreen Press and The Cedar Tavern by Harold Feinstein

Two films recently got me thinking about Barney Rosset, the firebrand publisher of Grove Press and Evergreen Review. First, An American Journey: Revisiting Robert Frank’s The Americans by Philippe Séclier. I was not enamored of the film, which did not, in my opinion, do justice to Frank‘s photographic genius or the seminal book that forms… Continue reading

Nov 25th, 2014 14 comments

Ode to my wife on Thanksgiving by Harold Feinstein

I’m happy to say that in our home everyday is a day of gratitude. Recently I woke up in the early morning and wrote a poem to my wife, Judith. The night not yet over As I lie with my head on my morning pillow filled with words yearning to get out to weave a… Continue reading

Nov 11th, 2014 4 comments

Thoughts of war on Veteran’s Day by Harold Feinstein

If some things don’t make you crazy, then you aren’t very sane to begin with” Steven Bentley, Vietnam Veterans of America Today is Veteran’s Day and I salute all those men and women who have risked their lives in the various military pursuits throughout our country’s history. I am one of them. I was drafted… Continue reading

Oct 15th, 2014 10 comments

Up close and personal: Consistency and innovation in your work by Harold Feinstein

Hardening of the categories causes art disease… W. Eugene Smith Coney Island. Flowers. City streets. Shells. Rodin sculptures. Abstract architecture. Draftees. Butterflies. Over the years I have allowed my creative appetite to taste many different subjects in both black and white and color and have employed diverse tools and methods in shooting and printing. I… Continue reading

Sep 9th, 2014 2 comments

Remembering Sid Grossman: Provincetown, 1955 by Harold Feinstein

I don’t remember the very first time I met Sid Grossman, but it had to be at Photo League meetings, which I began attending when I was 17, in 1948. He was twice my age at that point and was about to get embroiled in the FBI’s investigation of him, which shadowed him for the… Continue reading

Aug 21st, 2014 4 comments

You can’t take Brooklyn out of the boy: Remembering the summer of ’49 by Harold Feinstein

I’m not sure who came up with the expression: You can take the boy out of Brooklyn, but you can’t take Brooklyn out of the boy. but it’s one I often use. My wife cringes whenever she here’s me say this since I’m generally about to make some excuse for some old habit that is… Continue reading

Jul 31st, 2014 3 comments

Let them eat Coney Island cake! And other delicious memories from Harold’s Tribute Party! by Judith Thompson

The summer is just zooming by and things are very busy in the studio! We’re preparing for the retrospective show in Moscow, and another one in November with Lumiere Gallery in Atlanta (more on that later) continuing to print editions in various sizes, meeting with curators, and hosting our friend, filmmaker Andy Dunn from the… Continue reading

Jul 1st, 2014 4 comments

The gift that keeps on giving: The Coney Island boardwalk by Harold Feinstein

I’ve never heard of a Cannes Lion before. I guess its the equivalent of an Oscar in the world of creative communications. According to Ergin Binyildiz, the chief creative officer for Havas Worldwide‘s Turkish office, “Cannes is the peak of creative competition, and any success recognized there is a success recognized by the whole world.”… Continue reading

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