ABOUT ARNOLD BERKMAN

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 moment in time will 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

Invited Group Shows

The Industrial Revolution, Plymouth Community Arts Center, Plymouth

Membership

Lawrence Street Gallery, Ferndale

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:     

Arnold Berkman

4780 Arapaho Trail

Okemos, MI  48864

517-896-8542

candaberkman@comcast.net.

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