What Was a Good Jewish Boy Like Him Doing in a Disco Like That?

A "good Jewish boy from New Rochelle" who took up photography after moving to Manhattan, Bill Bernstein got his first freelance assignment from The Village Voice in 1978: Shoot a black-tie dinner for President Jimmy Carter's mom, Lillian Carter, at a venue called Studio 54. Sensing something sexier when he saw the club readying for "regulars," Bernstein stayed late. As the dance floor filled up, he aimed his lens at the "transgender men and women, huge gay population, Hispanics, African-Americans.