Mark Feldstein (May 3, 1937 – October 2001), was an American

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and

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best known for his

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photography of the streetlife and

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. Feldstein, whose parents were

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, often remarked that he just happened to be born in

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, where his family were located during their emigration from

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to the United States. He grew up in New York City and earned

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degrees from

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where he studied with

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. Around 1970, after ten years as a painter, he turned to photography. He later joined the Hunter College faculty as a photography professor, teaching along with Roy DeCarava. He created the scenic photography for the Broadway

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, ''The Tap Dance Kid'', which ran from December 21, 1983, through August 11, 1985

Bibliography

* ''Unseen New York.'' Mineola, New York:

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. 1975. * ''Sightings.'' New York:

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, 1977.

External links

*http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jplambert.foto/page6.html *http://markfeldstein-sightings.tumblr.com/ 20th-century American photographers 1937 births 2001 deaths Hunter College alumni Photographers from New York City Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States {{US-photographer-stub