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Artist Portfolio: Norman Lerner

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Norman Lerner

About Norman Lerner

Norman Lerner worked as a fashion and commercial photographer in New York City from the early 50's to the 70's. He maintained an active studio of some 40-50 employees, their primary work coming from the major magazines in the city. In the 1960s, he was founder and chair of the first fashion degree program in the United States at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC.  In the 1970s through the mid-1980s, he was a coordinator of the photography studies program at California Polytechnic State University, and remains connected with them as Professor Emeritus.

Since his move to Nashville, he has been actively engaged in organizing the various parts of his photography—from the classic fashion photography of the 1950s, studies of the body, and the documentary style photography of urban lives in NYC to compelling landscapes and the innovative Transfiguration series, created and printed beginning in the 1960s.

Lerner’s photography has been shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, among others. MOMA added selections from his Transfiguration series to their photography collection, as did The Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
 
His photographs have been published in numerous publications, including Color Magazine, Black and White Magazine, Popular Photography, US Camera, Look, New York Times Magazine, GQ, Glamour, Men's Wear, Photographer's Forum, Boy's Life, 35mm Color, Camera, and Darkroom; it has been highlighted on The Today Show, and Casey Allen's WNDT show, "In Focus."

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My photography did not end when the model left the studio. The city and its people were a part of me and I was part of them. Everything about the city fascinated me so it seemed only natural for me as a photographer to record the people and places in which we all lived. When I left the studio the camera was always with me and it became an extension of my being. It was as natural as breathing."
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    Patrician Lady

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Service with a Smile

    13 x 19 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Parking

    13 x 19 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Roving Eyes

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Grand Central Waiting Room

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Central Park Zig Zag

    13 x 19 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Red

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Riding High

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Surreal

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Idlewild Airport

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Repose

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Window Light

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Tender

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Under Construction

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    The Figure series

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    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Abstract Nude

    13 x 19 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Transfigurations series

    ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Greek Torso

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Primitivo

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Stepping Out

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Cheena

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Dancing Feet

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    A La Klein

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Big Rose Petal

    13 x 19 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Apple Slice

    13 x 19 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    Gold Leaf

    19 x 13 in., Archival digital print, price upon request. ©Norman Lerner. For purchase, please call toll-free: 1-877-694-2040 or email: art@theartscompany.com

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    • Grand Central Waiting Room
    • ©Norman Lerner
    • Central Park Zig Zag
    • Red
    • Riding High
    • Surreal
    • Idlewild Airport
    • Repose
    • Window Light
    • Tender
    • Under Construction
    • The Figure series
    • Nude
    • Nude
    • Nude
    • Abstract Nude
    • Transfigurations series
    • Greek Torso
    • Primitivo
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