By Len Bernstein
“Anyone who likes photography, from young amateur to seasoned professional, will love this book.”—Library Journal
“It is clear that Len Bernstein is a connoisseur of human gesture and expression.” —John Loengard, LIFE photographer & author of Age of Silver—Encounters with Great Photographers
From the book: “The momentary and the permanent are opposites central to photography. No matter how fleeting the event, there is, or soon will be, a shutter speed fast enough to capture it for all time, revealing something new about the world. And that is what we are deeply hoping for ourselves—to see the world around us and the moments that fill our lives as having meaning and beauty that are permanent.
“Dog in Window” by Len Bernstein. Click to enlarge.
This is the art way of seeing, the one effective opponent to the contempt that most weakens our lives—the disposition ‘to think we will be for ourselves by making less of the outside world.’ —Len Bernstein