The images speak for themselves. The captions provide the particulars of what’s in the frame.
Eventually, Andrew D. Bernstein gets the credit he deserves.
This week, that fine print of distinction is enlarged. The Basketball Hall of Fame will honor Bernstein with the Curt Gowdy Award for print media excellence, recognizing far more than just his decades of work as the Southern California-based official team photographer of the Lakers, Clippers, Sparks and other teams.
If it’s Magic Johnson interlocking arms with Larry Bird, Michael Jordan providing a death stare on defense, or the unsinkable Charles Barkley in a hot tub with a rubber duck, they’re all unmistakably a Bernstein byproduct.