FO Bernstein

Friedrich Otto Bernstein (* 1929 in Leipzig ; † 1999 ) was a German photographer .

Life

Bernstein began studying photography in 1948 at the College of Graphics and Book Art , which he graduated in 1952 with a degree in photography. During this time he documented life in a social hotspot in Leipzig. As a self-employed person, Bernstein took photos for VEB Automobilwerk Eisenach . From 1956 to 1958, Bernstein was involved in the “action fotografie” group of artists, which included Roger Rössing , Renate Rössing , Günter Rössler , Ursula Arnold and Volkmar Jaeger .

In 1958 he moved to Düsseldorf . There he continues to work as a commercial photographer for companies such as Citroën , Renault and Leitz, but also photographed jazz concerts by Louis Armstrong , Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington as well as natural spectacles such as geyser eruptions in Iceland .

Part of his estate has been in the possession of the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig and the Eisenach City Archives since 2007.

exhibition

• 2009: "FO Bernstein. A photographer's life ”in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig

Web links

• Literature by and about FO Bernstein in the catalog of the German National Library
• Cabinet exhibition for FO Bernstein: A photographer's life, l-iz.de, May 22, 2009.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jeannette Stoschek: Volkmar Jaeger - A life with the camera . In: Alexander Atanassow (Ed.): Volkmar Jaeger - I see the people. I don't hear him . KunstBlatt, Dresden 2013, p. 7.
2. ↑ Collections of the Eisenach Jazz Archive ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ F: O. Bernstein. A photographer's life . ( Memento of the original from November 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. mdbk.de, accessed on October 30, 2013.