Jimmy, Easter Sunday
1983 · Gelatin silver print
10 7/8 × 15 7/8" (27.7 × 40.4 cm)
Museum of Modern Art
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Jerry Berndt
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Museum of Modern Art, New York
1987
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Jerry Berndt was an American photographer who captured candid street scenes in New York City during the 1960s and 1970s, documenting the texture of postwar urban life through black-and-white film. His work engaged directly with the vernacular landscape of the city as it appeared in everyday encounters, without narrative construction or staged intervention. Berndt's observational approach to pedestrians, storefronts, and public spaces remains a distinctive contribution to documentary photography of the period.
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