Len Bernstein -- Photographic Education --An approach to art and life based on the Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel

I want to call your attention to a web site I respect very much. Len Bernstein -- Photographic Education --An approach to art and life based on the Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel. Len Bernstein states in his opening paragraph:

When I began to photograph 30 years ago, I felt I found a way of expressing myself that met something so deep inside me that I wanted to do it for the rest of my life. Walking with my camera, the city streets seemed transformed--friendlier, more interesting--and I spent hours searching for dramatic situations, trying to capture the right moment. Looking through the viewfinder, what I saw had new value for me, boredom and loneliness seemed to vanish, and I wished I could feel that way all the time. And hoping to learn what made a photograph successful, I avidly studied the history and technique of photography.

My hopes were met when I first heard this principle stated by Eli Siegel, the American critic and founder of the philosophy Aesthetic Realism: “All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.” I've had the thrill of testing this principle in thousands of instances, from the first known photograph taken by Nicéphore Niépce around 1826 to the most modern work of today.

Special Event Sunday, October 23rd, 2:30 pm

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The Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company proudly presents

THE GREAT FIGHT OF EGO vs. TRUTH Songs about Love, Justice,& Everybody's Feelings!

IN THIS MATINEE, entertainment, knowledge, and ethics are together in a way new in history!

You'll hear, through songs—including some of the most popular and beautiful songs—what the biggest fight is within every person and America herself. Eli Siegel, the great American critic, philosopher, and poet, founder of Aesthetic Realism, explained it. It's the fight between contempt for the world and respect for it. It's the fight of Ego—lying about the world to suit yourself—vs. Truth.

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