Who is this man? It is veteran photojournalist Arty Pomerantz.

With more than 50 years of experience using his camera to tell the news, he can tell stories behind virtually every unforgettable photo he has ever made.

Arty points out that he doesn't take photos. He "makes pictures," and because Arty uses his eyes to help open ours, every picture he "makes" tells a story.

For almost 40 years, Arty was staff photographer and assignment editor for New York tabloids and also served as a former President of the New York Press Photographers Association. So good was he with his craft that when crime disturbed Gotham's sleep, the cops didn't summon Batman to the scene. They called Arty Pomerantz.

When they did, Arty would excuse himself from the company of Walter Winchell at Lindy's, or Leonard Lyons at "21" or Earl Wilson at Toots Shor's, and glide over to the scene of the crime. There Arty would use his zen-like calm and keen eye to "make" his photos.

And what powerful pictures they were! Of tragedy and pain, death and crime, stars and ordinary people. Arty's photos spoke of New York City -- with all the glamour and glitz, and the outrageous spirit of the city that never sleeps.

No one works for 40 years in the tabloids without meeting a lot of people along the way. Arty is no exception. The photo gallery at his Lincoln home contains shots he has taken of nearly every notable local, state, national and international public figure of the last half of the 20th century. Celebrities like Sophia Loren, Gregory Peck and Helen Hayes; heads of state like Fidel Castro and Nikita Krushchev; and political figures like the Kennedys and virtually every American president since the late 1950s -- you name them, they have all come under the gaze of Arty Pomerantz.

Arty's images remind all of us that sometimes the most moving pictures of all don't always move.

Before Harry met Sally, Nora met Arty. Pomerantz showed the cub reporter and later screenwriter of the Rob Reiner film, Nora Ephron, the ropes at the nightside of the New York tabloids. When Pete Hamill came out of Brooklyn to the tabloids -- long before he became a columnist, editor and nearly rock-star famous -- Arty Pomerantz showed the rookie writer Manhattan and Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island, too.

With a talent for using his viewfinder to show more than we can see, it's no surprise that Arty was nominated for the Pulitzer. He has also won more photography awards than he's bothered to count. To list a few, they come from the Associated Press, the National Press Photographers, New York Press Photographers Association, the New York Press Club, Japan Camera Association, NYPD Police Benevolent Association -- Arty's long list of awards makes it abundantly clear that he is a real "shooter." His photos have been syndicated in virtually every major publication in the country. In fact, during the 40 years he was with the tabloids, at least 20 front-page pictures in any 30-day period were Arty's handiwork.

Arty began his career as a hobby while still in his teens. He found photojournalism so entrancing a form of artistic expression that he pursued it through studies in high school, professional school, and at the college level. While still a student, he became an assignment photographer for the New York Journal-American. Although no longer working for the tabloids, Arty is now fulfilling assignments and doing digital photography projects. Arty Pomerantz is available for assignments.

Arty was married for 41 years to his wife Ulla who passed away in July 2004. They have a son Stefan Pomerantz of San Francisco who owns a technical support call center company, Tier 3 Support. Arty's final four years in New York were spent as the only photographer assigned to NYPD's PBA Magazine "New York's Finest." Arty also taught photojournalism at Rockland Community College.

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