I have been photographing for over forty years. After a forty-five year career as a clinical psychologist, I retired from the practice of psychology to pursue a second career as a fine art and landscape photographer. Other than participating in several photography workshops, as well as a photography course at Michigan State University’s Evening College, I am self-taught.
Of all the visual arts, only photography can capture and freeze a fleeting moment in time. In my photography, I try to reveal those fleeting moments that are uniquely beautiful, poignant, and compelling, so that others can see and experience what I had seen and experienced.
The painter, Edward Hopper, after being asked by a journalist, "What do you paint?" replied, "I paint light." The word, "photograph", means painting with light. Without light, even the most special moments in time can appear static and flat. Light brings a photograph to life. It is only then, that my experience of those unique and special moments in time can be fully shared.
EXHIBITIONS
IN MICHIGAN
Juried Group Shows
Ann Arbor Public Library, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor
Newaygo County Photography Show, Fremont
Margot's Gallery, Oxford
Absolute Gallery, Lansing
Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center, Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham
Scarab Club Gallery, Detroit
Our Town Art Show at the Birmingham Community House, Birmingham
University of Michigan-Dearborn Open Competition at the Alfred Berkowitz Gallery, Dearborn
Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing
Padzieski Gallery, Dearborn
Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale
Solo Shows
East Lansing Public Library, East Lansing
Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale
University of Michigan Medical Center, Gifts of Art Program, Ann Arbor
Anselmo Gallery, Lansing
The Framer's Edge Gallery, Okemos
Invited Solo Shows
Birmingham Unitarian Church, Birmingham
Michigan Design Center, Troy
IN NEW YORK
Juried Group Show
Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn
AWARDS
Best of Show
Padzieski Gallery Annual Photography Exhibition, Dearborn
Best of Color
Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale
Honorable Mention
Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale
CONTACT ME
Arnold Berkman
4780 Arapaho Trail
Okemos, MI 48864
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