Walking home on this overcast day, I stopped in the gallery 25CPW.  I love this little gallery at 62nd Street and Central Park West and was eager to view the exhibit, Places, by photographer Max Berger.  Berger practices law and is the founding member of a legal firm here in New York City.  He travels extensively with his wife and shoots the sights, from Yellowstone to Bhutan with his Nikon.  But his series from Cabo were my favorite.  Titled Watercolors, the six captures were mesmorizing…a spontaneous moment at a wedding reception when many jumped into the swimming pool as the night wore on…like impressionistic paintings of swimmers, water and light.

All the proceeds from the show will be donated to causes close to his heart; City Year New York and inMotion.  City Year unites young volunteers for a demanding year of full-time community service, leadership development, and civic engagement in underserved schools and communities in NYC.  inMotion confronts the challenging needs of families in crisis by providing free legal services to low-income and abused women in the city, who are otherwise unable to secure legal representation.

Viewing an exhibit like this and learning about the photographer gives me such inspiration.  According to William Meyers (writes regularly on photography in the Wall Street Journal)…”Berger is free from editorial directives and deadlines.  He has the luxury to photograph what he wants, where he wants and when he wants.  If there is any criterion, it is the pleasure his work gives him and the people he chooses to share it with.”  Isn’t it great to be an amateur photographer!

Bravo!  One day I want to have a show and give all proceeds to Alzheimer’s.  One day!