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Join longtime Philadelphia photojournalist and documentary photographer Harvey Finkle, now 91 years old, in discussion with Ted Lieverman, a Philadelphia photographer and filmmaker who has created a documentary entitled Harvey: Eyes on the Struggle. Lieverman will show a 10 minute selection of excerpts from the film (now in post-production).

Harvey Finkle embedded himself with social justice groups to tell their stories in Philly for over 50 years. His long career has centered on working with social justice movements: disability rights, immigration, peace activists, poverty and housing, antidiscrimination, and others.

At age 85, his deteriorating vision made it impossible for him to shoot his Leica anymore. Abruptly, Harvey was no longer photographing the disabled community- he had become part of it. Finkle comes to the P&P to talk about his career- how he got into photography, his relationships with advocacy groups, and how he found an opportunity to reach new audiences through his archives.

Over the years his work has been featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Daily News and other publications. Harvey’s work has been frequently shown at the Club as part of the annual photo nights, though never in an event focused on just him. In the last two years, both the Fleisher Art Memorial and the Woodmere Art Museum have hosted retrospectives of his work.

Finkle was still photographing as recently as 5 years ago, when macular degeneration made it impossible for him to continue. Since then, he has spent his time preparing his archive for delivery to the Kislak Center for Special Collections at the University of Pennsylvania and producing new books of his work, as well as participating in the activities of the social justice organizations he used to photograph.