Source
Lou Bernstein (1911–2005) — obituary references
Citation
Obituary references for Lou Bernstein (July 23, 1911, Brooklyn, NY – February 22, 2005, Brooklyn, NY), compiled from New York City press and Photo-League legacy publications (the Photo League was an important organizational context for Bernstein’s working life even though he was not a formal member in every period). Specific bylined obituary in The New York Times (search index) is the canonical reference; exact publication date of record is not verified in this seed entry and is flagged for follow-up.
Relevance
Tier-3 reference bundle for Lou Bernstein (1911–2005), the New York street photographer whose print appears at plate #17 of The Family of Man (Lovers). Source for the biographical dates used in pher-lou-bernstein.
Key excerpts / pages
- Birth: July 23, 1911, Brooklyn, New York.
- Death: February 22, 2005, Brooklyn, New York.
- Career summary: New York street and Coney Island photography; decades-long teaching at the Brooklyn Camera Club; working contact with the Photo League circle.
Notes
- Verification flag for judges: the specific NYT obituary byline/date is not independently re-verified in this seed entry. Judge-Credibility / Judge-Grounding should resolve against the NYT archive and this file should be updated (or replaced with a more specific citation) before any training-dataset entries draw on it.
- Perspective: journalistic / biographical.
- Re-verification 2026-04-24 (issue #9): no concrete URL to fetch — this entry is a bundled reference without a single canonical obituary. NYT archive search would require an authenticated browser session; not attempted in this round. Flagged
verified: false— this file is the weakest link in the 2000s set and a future pass should either pin it to a specific bylined obituary or replace it with a museum-collection reference for Bernstein (e.g., Brooklyn Museum, ICP).