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Spotlight on my students
Hosta leaf, © Joann Cancro

Harold’s students: JoAnn Cancro  

By Cory Levine
Sep 26, 2018
65 years of photographing From Harold's notebook...
Snake charmer Michelle Marcel, aka Demonica, of the Coney Island USA sideshow, shows off her albino python, Phantom, for passersby on the Coney Island boardwalk, while fellow sideshow performer Fred Kahl, aka The Great Fredini, sits nearby, New York, 1995.

Coney Island: All colors and every language under the sun!  

By Judith Thompson
Aug 2, 2018
The creative process
Judith and Harold, 2014, © Louise Van Schagen

In touch with eternity: Reflections from year three  

By Judith Thompson
Jun 17, 2018
About this photograph Currently exhibiting
Follow your heart, 1978

Paris preview #2: Coney Island Quietude  

By Judith Thompson
May 17, 2018
About this photograph Currently exhibiting
Dancers’ Arms, 1978

Paris preview #1: The sculptural body  

By Judith Thompson
May 8, 2018
From Harold's notebook...
Open Flame Tulip, 2002

Not yet sprung! Waiting for the Big Bang!  

By Judith Thompson
Apr 12, 2018
Managing an archive
The dream team! Audrey Hoareau, Judith Thompson, Francois Cheval, Cory Levine, Thierry Bigaignon after the completion of two days pouring through the archive!

Preparing for a curator’s visit: Two days with Francois Cheval, Audrey Hoareau and Thierry Bigaignon  

By Judith Thompson
Jan 25, 2018
Current events
Just a few of the great media pieces accompanying the exhibition: Harold Feinstein: Contagious Optimism (February 2-April 30) ©Serge Ricco,2017

Happy New Year! Looking back on 2017 and forward to 2018  

By Judith Thompson
Jan 1, 2018
65 years of photographing From the annals of photo history
One page from the Pittsburgh Project lay-out drawn by Harold Feinstein in 1956 © The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith Courtesy of the W. Eugene Smith Archive at the Center for Creative Photography.

W. Eugene Smith, Ed Thompson and the battle for creative control: A play in multiple acts  

By Judith Thompson
Nov 20, 2017
About this photograph

The Cook, the photographer and the poison ivy: Story of a photo shoot  

By Judith Thompson
Jun 29, 2017
Current events
Love through the years

Living to the point of tears: Two years and no time at all…  

By Judith Thompson
Jun 19, 2017
From Harold's notebook... Managing an archive The creative process
From May 27, 1999, Arlington, MA

A love affair with teaching: “It’s like seeing the summer again after a long winter”  

By Judith Thompson
Apr 18, 2017
Managing an archive
One of the souvenirs unearthed in the basement.

Unearthing buried treasures: Discoveries in the basement, Part one!  

By Judith Thompson
Mar 12, 2017
About this photograph Current events
Haitian man with daughter, Coney Island, 1950

Dignity and the Human Spirit: MLK Day 2017  

By Judith Thompson
Jan 16, 2017
About this photograph
Storefront Christ and Children was taken in 1950. This Church, now the Beulah Church of Christ, is at Mermaid Avenues in Coney Island, not far from my own home.

The Broken Christ: On compassion and the nature of this earthly life  

By Judith Thompson
Dec 23, 2016
Current events
Francoise Hebel announces Mois de la Photographie Grand Paris at a Paris press conference.Harold Feinstein work appears on screen represented by Galerie Thierry Bigaignon, one of the authorized venues for the festival © Thierry Bigaignon

The French Connection: C’est si bon!  

By Judith Thompson
Dec 12, 2016
Spotlight on my students
Ali’s daily five mile training run began at dawn. There was no one around as he jogged through the Pennsylvania farm country. In the middle of nowhere he gave a victory salute. I feel certain he gave himself such triumphal salutes when there was no one around to record them. © Peter Angelo Simon

Peter Angelo Simon’s new book: Muhammad Ali: Fighter’s Heaven 1974  

By Judith Thompson
Dec 4, 2016
About this photograph Current events
A lone soldier stands guard on an empty, foggy road, Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1952.

The road into the unknown: A post-election Veteran’s Day reflection  

By Judith Thompson
Nov 11, 2016
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