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Jesse Bernstein

Jesse Bernstein is a writer and editor in Philadelphia. He is a staff writer and the books editor for the Jewish Exponent. His work has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Forward, and Tablet.

Camp Mountain Lake, 1977

Camp Mountain Lake, 1977

Jesse Bernstein

The picture-taking began when he was still a little kid, at Camp Mountain Lake in North Carolina. The owners of the camp remember a chubby kid, not very athletic, and the camera was a way of making friends.