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December 11, 2018

Maestro Leonard Bernstein by Photography’s Masters

Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1968. Portrait of Leonard Bernstein. Photo courtesy of Alfred Eisenstaedt/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Joe McNally, 1988. Springate (the Bernstein country home), Fairfield, CT. Leonard Bernstein in a rare moment of repose. Photo courtesy of Joe McNally/Getty Images.
Ruth Orkin March 1951. Carnegie Hall. New York City. Leonard and Shirley Bernstein, backstage in his dressing room. Photo courtesy of Ruth Orkin/Getty Images.
Gjon Mili, 1945. New York City. Leonard Bernstein in mid-air—one of Mili’s stroboscopic “stop-action” movement photographs. Photo courtesy of Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images; The Library of Congress, Music Division.
Gordon Parks, 2 October 1958. Carnegie Hall, New York City. Leonard and Felicia Bernstein backstage before the New York Philharmonic’s season opening concert, and Bernstein’s first concert as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. Photo courtesy of The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
George Karger, 1941. Lewisohn Stadium, New York City. Leonard Bernstein conducting a rehearsal of the Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra (aka the New York Philharmonic). Photo courtesy of Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.
Alfred Eisenstaedt, 20 February 1960. Carnegie Hall, New York City. Leonard Bernstein in his dressing room, preparing to go on stage for a concert. Photo courtesy of Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Carl Mydans, 27 August 1959. Moscow, USSR. Portrait of Leonard Bernstein. Photo courtesy of Carl Mydans/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Alfred Eisenstaedt 20 December 1956. On West 57th Street, New York City. Leonard Bernstein leaving Carnegie Hall. Photo courtesy of Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Steve J. Sherman, 7 March 1990. Carnegie Hall, New York City. Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 9,” in what would be his last performances in Carnegie Hall. Photo courtesy of © Steve J. Sherman.
Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1968. Portrait of Leonard Bernstein. Photo courtesy of Alfred Eisenstaedt/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Joe McNally, 1988. Springate (the Bernstein country home), Fairfield, CT. Leonard Bernstein in a rare moment of repose. Photo courtesy of Joe McNally/Getty Images.
Ruth Orkin March 1951. Carnegie Hall. New York City. Leonard and Shirley Bernstein, backstage in his dressing room. Photo courtesy of Ruth Orkin/Getty Images.
Gjon Mili, 1945. New York City. Leonard Bernstein in mid-air—one of Mili’s stroboscopic “stop-action” movement photographs. Photo courtesy of Gjon Mili/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images; The Library of Congress, Music Division.
Gordon Parks, 2 October 1958. Carnegie Hall, New York City. Leonard and Felicia Bernstein backstage before the New York Philharmonic’s season opening concert, and Bernstein’s first concert as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. Photo courtesy of The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
George Karger, 1941. Lewisohn Stadium, New York City. Leonard Bernstein conducting a rehearsal of the Lewisohn Stadium Symphony Orchestra (aka the New York Philharmonic). Photo courtesy of Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images.
Alfred Eisenstaedt, 20 February 1960. Carnegie Hall, New York City. Leonard Bernstein in his dressing room, preparing to go on stage for a concert. Photo courtesy of Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Carl Mydans, 27 August 1959. Moscow, USSR. Portrait of Leonard Bernstein. Photo courtesy of Carl Mydans/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Alfred Eisenstaedt 20 December 1956. On West 57th Street, New York City. Leonard Bernstein leaving Carnegie Hall. Photo courtesy of Alfred Eisenstaedt/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.
Steve J. Sherman, 7 March 1990. Carnegie Hall, New York City. Leonard Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic in Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 9,” in what would be his last performances in Carnegie Hall. Photo courtesy of © Steve J. Sherman.

Leonard Bernstein is widely known as one of the greatest conductors, composers, musical inspirations, and creative minds of our time. He is also legendary for his extreme passion, raw charisma, and powerful convictions.

Bernstein was photographed by some of the greatest visual masters of the 20th century, including Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Ken Heyman, Yousuf Karsh, Stanley Kubrick, Gjon Mili, Arnold Newman, Ruth Orkin, Irving Penn, and W. Eugene Smith.

To mark his centennial, curator and photographer Steve J. Sherman and Jamie Bernstein, Lenny’s eldest daughter, released Leonard Bernstein 100: The Masters Photograph the Maestro. Published by PowerHouse Books, this collection of 100 iconic images tell Bernstein’s life story through the vantage point of these image-makers and their revelatory, and sometimes never-before-seen, photographs.

A foreword by Bernstein’s three children, along with a selection of Bernstein’s handwritten music sketches, letters, speeches and poems, are also included in this book that provides an intimate look into the life of an artist who changed the face of the 20th century.

Leonard Bernstein 100: The Masters Photograph the Maestro
By Steve J Sherman with Jamie Bernstein
PowerHouse Books

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