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Jerry Bernd: BEAUTIFUL AMERICA

Jerry Bernd: BEAUTIFUL AMERICA

The American photographer Jerry Berndt (1943–2013) documented the period between the 1960s and 1980s in America like no other photographer. By combining photojournalism with documentary and street photography, he succeeded in presenting a unique view of American society over a span of thirty years. Precisely because Berndt was part of the American protest movement, he not only persuasively visualizes central…