Gert Berliner

GERT BERLINER

Born August 25, 1924, Berlin Germany
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
Died March 27, 2019, New York City



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



Exhibtions of Paintings in Group Shows

Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe
Fishbach Gallery, New York
March Gallery, New York