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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
Harold Feinstein: “A Coney Island Summer” Opens at Panopticon Gallery July 12th - by Judith Thompson
With an opening reception on July 12th and running through the summer, Harold Feinstein: A Coney Island Summer will exhibit photographs from Harold’s Coney Island series as seen in his new award winning book Harold Feinstein: A Retrospective. Please join Harold at the gallery from 5:30-7:30 PM. Signed books will also be available. For more… Continue reading
Harold Feinstein Coney Island exhibit at Anne Reed Gallery until July 3, 2013 - by Judith Thompson
Anne Reed Gallery is exhibiting Harold Feinstein’s Coney Island work from May 22nd – July 3, 2013. The gallery, under the direction of Barbi Reed, has been a successful dealer of Harold’s black and white and color work for over a decade. Last September we shared the news that Anne Reed Gallery had facilitated the… Continue reading
The Rolleiflex camera: Love at first sight - by Harold Feinstein
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, simple and had the best lenses in the business. Everything worked again and again and again.… Continue reading
Coney Island Sideshow goes uptown! - by Harold Feinstein
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 of early Coney Island exotica, but the added attraction of some of Coney Island USA’s Sideshow by the… Continue reading
Coney Island’s Parachute Jump - by Harold Feinstein
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 with that distinction, the photograph says it all. Built in 1939 for… Continue reading
Getting ready for the benefit, book party and reunion at Aperture December 17th! You’re invited! - by Harold Feinstein
I love having book parties! But it’s especially great to head home to New York and the venerable photo foundation, Aperture. I may be 81 now, but good things seem to circle around in one’s life. I was just a young man in my 20’s when Minor White published a photo of mine in one… Continue reading
Book party and benefit poster sale at Aperture Gallery in New York - by Judith Thompson
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 with gathered friends, fans, former students and colleagues, including historian… Continue reading
Coney Island Teenagers, 1949 - by Harold Feinstein
I’m really grateful to Peter Popham for the great feature article he wrote recently about my work for The Independent, a daily paper in the UK (September 2, 2012). From our phone call, I could sense that he’s the kind of guy I’d like to get to know better. While I appreciated everything he had… Continue reading
Coney Island Memoirs: Happy Birthday Cyclone and horsing around on the carousel - by Harold Feinstein
Two items from this morning’s stroll through the newspaper brought me back to my Coney Island days. It never takes much! First of all it’s summer – and from my experience that means sand, surf, kids screaming and fond memories of Nathan’s hot dogs! Secondly, since I was born in Coney Island Hospital, I guess… Continue reading