The efforts of showcasing Iosif Berman’s work, especially those of Ioana Popescu and her amazing work in Revista Martor, of those that digitized the photographs in their ownership (The National Library of Romania and the Museum of the Municipality of Bucharest), of those that keep researching his works (such as Atelierele Albe organisation, through Cezar Popescu) or exhibiting in the manners they found most fit are to be well applauded.
Perhaps the most well-known and commendable initiative is that of Alexandru Solomon, who directed a film to Iosif Berman: The Man with 1000 Eyes.
We must all yet agree and collaborate to restore the memory and imagery of Iosif Berman within the global photography history.
At the opening ceremony in 1936 Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, and President Richard Nixon were present. Discover the Village Museum’s archive
Some photos, that were probably in the ownership of foreign press agencies, can be found today on stock image archives.
6 superb photos available on Getty Images
Governmental crisis in Alba Iulia (Romania ) after the death of the King Ferdinand of Romania (1927) and the abdication of Carol II of Romania. Assembly of the members of the National Farmers' Party (PNT). Men on the wagons of railway – 1928. Published by: 'Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung' 22/1928 Vintage property of ullstein bild.
Governmental crisis in Alba Iulia (Romania) after the death of the King Ferdinand of Romania (1927) and the abdication of Carol II of Romania. Assembly of the members of the National Farmers' Party (PNT). - 1928 - Photographer: Josef Berman Vintage property of ullstein bild.
Michael of Romania - King, Romania *25.10.1921- King from 1927-1930 and from 1940-1947 - Romanian: Mihai I - on a horseback - 1928 Foto: Josef Berman, Bukarest - undated - Photographer: Josef Berman Vintage property of ullstein bild
Michael I Romania kneels with the new Romanian head of state General Antonescu after the oath for prayer. 25.10.1921- King 1927-1930 and 1940-1947 - as a child with his mother Princess Helene of Greece, at church - published around 1927 in cross-section 7/1930 Photo: Josef Berman, Bucharest (Photo by Josef Berman / ullstein image via Getty Images)
Michael I Romania kneels with the new Romanian head of state General Antonescu after the oath for prayer. * 25.10.1921-King 1927-1930 and 1940-1947- as a child with his mother Princess Helene of Greece and his sister published in BIZ 16 / 1927 Photo: Josef Berman, Bucharest (Photo by Josef Berman / ullstein image via Getty Images).
Barthou, Louis, Politician, France - Conference of the Little Entente in Bucharest, from left: Foreign Ministers Bogoljub Jevtic (Yugoslavia), Edvard Benes (Czechoslovakia CSSR), Barthou (France) and Nicolae Titulescu (Romania)- Photographer: J. Bergman- published in: Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung 27/1934Vintage property of ullstein bild (Photo by Josef Berman/ullstein bild via Getty Images)
Popescu Ioana, The Supplement to Martor Magazine, no. 3, 1993 , edited by The Romanian Peasant Museum
Popescu Ioana, The Supplement to Martor Magazine, no. 3, 1993 , edited by The Romanian Peasant Museum
Iosif Berman’s Romania – an album comprising photos from “Luiza Berman Collection”, under the careful administration of Mrs. Adina Stefan. It appeared in 2015 at the Monitorul Oficial Publishing House.
This image initially appeared on the cover of Romania Ilustrata, on 22 September 1932.
Iosif Berman’s Romania – an album comprising photos from “Luiza Berman Collection”, under the careful administration of Mrs. Adina Stefan. It appeared in 2015 at the Monitorul Oficial Publishing House.
Under the curatorship of Cezar Popescu and the historical-military guidance of dr. Emil Boboescu, the exhibition catalogue is a great resource to understand a couple of the moments of those times, through Iosif Berman’s photography.
2017
Iosif Berman’s photography exhibited in Poland, within the Komu bije Dada? (For whom tolls Dada?) event, dedicated to the rise of Eastern-European avangardes. Tomasz Ogiński, art historian, held a speech on Berman, followed by the projection of the film “The Man with 1000 Eyes”
Interwar Romania in the photographs of Iosif Berman, organized by the Presidential Administration – Cotroceni Museum.
All the partners mentioned above contributed to this event.
However valuable these initiatives are, we need to collaborate more, as curators, as researchers, as historians, as communication people, as exhibition designers, as heritage administrators to vitalize this impressive corpus of works!
Adults and children alike have so much to learn just by looking at Iosif Berman’s photography and short captions.
