GERT BERLINER
Born August 25, 1924, Berlin Germany.
Lived in Sweden from 1939 to 1947.
Came to USA in 1947. Lived in New York and New Mexico.
From 1969-1976 lived in Rome and Cetona Italy.
Returned to New York in 1976.
Photo Essays and Stills
Published in many magazines including; Harpers Bazaar, Saturday Evening Post, America illustrated, “New York” (Herald Tribune
Sunday Magazine), Book Week, The New York Times (Sunday Magazine and Book
Review Sections), Progressive Architecture, New York Magazine, Midstream, Natural History Magazine.
Also, stills, covers and portraits for many books.
1968 “Silent Places- A Pilgrimage”
Photographs of the Concentration and Death Camps in Eastern Europe as they are today.
With text collected and edited from poetry and other literature, both old and new, relating
to this subject. Also published as a book in 2017.
1995 Exhibition “ Silent Places- A Pilgrimage” at the Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
2007 The Society of Publication Designers, the 42nd Publication Design annual, Merit Award
2007 Included in American Photography Annual #23
2009 Included in "The Art of Projection" by Christopher Eamon
2014 "The Image Gallery Redux: 1959-1962", Howard Greenberg Gallery, NYC
2016 Solo exhibit of photographs “ New York the Sixties” at the Galerie Argus Fotokunst, Berlin
2018 "About People. Photographs by Gert Berliner", published by Arts Ends Books
Photographs in Private Collections in New York, Chicago and Montreal.
Grants
Walter K. Gutman Foundation, Inc. 1961
Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture 1968
Teaching
1959 Brooklyn College
1963-65 School of Visual Arts
1966 New York University
Films
1969 Photographed four Industrial Films.
1968 Directed and photographed two Documentaries for USIA.
1965 Directed and photographed “Euridice” by Jean Anoulh, (pilot).
1964 “Essay on Death” photographed part of film, Directed by L.Hurwitz for N.E.T.
1963 “O.K. End Here”, cinematographer, also worked on script and production,
Directed by Robert Frank. Grand Prize Winner at the Bergamo Film Festival,
Italy 1963, New York Film Festival Selection 1963, San Francisco Film Festival 1963.
1961 Directed and photographed thirteen documentaries for Westinghouse TV.
1960 “Sin of Jesus”, cinematographer, Directed by Robert Frank, Spoleto Film Festival 1961.
Shown in London, Stockhom, Paris and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1959 “Pull My Daisy”, Assistant
Exhibitions of Paintings, One Man Shows
Fleischman Gallery, New York 1959 and 1960
Galleria Il Grifo, Rome, Italy 1974
Galleria La Nouva Margutta, Rome, Italy 1975
Shows of Paintings in Group Shows;
Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe
Fishbach Gallery, New York
March Gallery, New York