Harold Feinstein in Paris

Though his muse has always been Coney Island, where he was born in 1931, Harold Feinstein often turned his lens to the streets, offices and restaurants of Manhattan, establishing himself as ‘one of the most accomplished recorders of the exhilarating American experience’. But even more striking in this new selection by the Parisian gallery is the omnipresence of bodies and the remarkable way Feinstein captures the movement, seeing the streets before him as a ballet of graceand beauty.
His black and white photography freezes the New Yorkers’ everyday life like no other, highlighting the humanity of these immortalized characters. Harold Feinstein himself used to describe his images as “a small sampling of [his] photographic journey bearing witness of the beauty and mystery of this human life.”

The “Galerie Thierry Bigaignon” has selected 21 photographs illustrating once again the talent of the American artist, who passed away in 2015.