The Results of the Harold Feinstein Kickstarter Fund.

19 Backers contributed $10.00
They will receive a Thank You postcard for participating in this project signed by Harold Feinstein.

346 Backers contributed $60.00
They will receive a signed copy of the monograph upon completion of printing in 2012.

8 backers contributed $500.00
They will receive a signed copy of the monograph upon completion of printing in 2012 along with an 8"×10" gelatin silver print of an image from the monograph.

11 backers contributed $1,000.00
They will receive a signed copy of the monograph upon completion of printing in 2012 along with a signed, 16"×20" gelatin silver print of an image from the monograph, an acknowledgment in the monograph of being one of the supporters, as well as an invite to a private book launch party in 2012.

399 backers contributed a total of $40,450.00 to fund designing, editing and publishing 1,000 copies of a 200+ page hardcover retrospective of Harold Feinstein’s classic and historically important black & white photographs. It was an amazing display of generosity and demonstrates the great admiration that people have for Harold and his work. The fact that 346 people gave $60.00 for a book is phenomenal.

If you are still interested in securing your signed copy of the book, or any of the other fundraising packages, you can contact Jason Landry at the Panopticon Gallery in Boston.

The book is scheduled to be published by mid 2012 to coincide with a major exhibition of Harold’s work at the Panopticon Gallery. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this fundraiser such a success.

About Harold Feinstein
Harold Feinstein’s photographic career began in 1946. Before the age of 20, Edward Steichen had purchased his work for the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and exhibited it frequently. In the early 1950's Steichen approached Feinstein and asked if he would like to be included in The Family of Man exhibition. Feinstein, feeling very puritanical said, "Look, a museum is a place where they should just show work because it is art, not because it fits I to a theme." And with that, withheld this work from the exhibition, changing the course of his photographic history forever.

Harold was an integral member of the New York Photo League. He exhibited at Helen Gee's Limelight Gallery in NYC, hung out with photographers including Helen Levitt, Weegee, Garry Winogrand and W. Eugene Smith. Harold is renowned for his 60-year photographic love affair with Coney Island. Harold’s photos capture America playing, relaxing, and falling in love on the boardwalk and the beach at Coney Island. As a soldier in Korea, Harold was able to experience and document firsthand, the integration of the American armed services. His images are a unique and irreplaceable historical document of this pivotal time in America’s military history.

Harold’s extensive body of work also includes New York City street photos, nudes, and still life imagery. All of which capture 20th century American history from his personal perspective. Harold’s photographs have been exhibited and are represented in the permanent collections of major museums including the Museum of Modern Art, International Center of Photography, George Eastman House, The Museum of Photographic Arts, Musee d’Art Moderne and the Museum for the City of New York.

To see three of Harold's classic black and white photos, scroll here or above.
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