Ruth Bernhard

Published on Jan 30, 2013

 Ruth Bernhard (October 14, 1905 -- December 18, 2006) was a German-born American photographer. She was born in Berlin and studied at the Berlin Academy of Art from 1925--27. Bernhard's father, Lucian Bernhard, was known for his poster and typeface design. By the late-1920s, while living in Manhattan, Bernhard was heavily involved in the lesbian sub-culture of the artistic community, becoming friends with photographer Berenice Abbott and her lover, critic Elizabeth McCausland. She wrote about her "bisexual escapdes" in her memoir. In 1934 Bernhard began photographing women in the nude. It would be this art form for which she would eventually become best known. Though many people were unaware of this, Bernhard produced the photography for the first catalog published by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The name of this exhibition was "The Art of The Machine." Her father Lucian Bernhard set up the meeting with MoMA for her. In 1967, Bernhard met United States Air Force Colonel Price Rice, an African American man ten years younger than her, and the two became lovers. They would remain together until his death in 1999. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Ber... Music: Goldmund - The Gardener Fan Music Video / An Invisible Light Category Entertainment

Published on Feb 17, 2013

The Creative Mind 13-part interview series for public television produced by KQED, San Francisco aired 1991-1992. The interviews were Emmy nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement." In the series Bettina Gray talks with writers Wallace Stegner and Isabel Allende, photographer Ruth Bernard, filmaker Marlon Rigs, choreographer June Watanabe, director and film producer Luis Valdez and other creative artists to discuss the challenges and the rewards of life as an artist.

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