Joel Meyerowitz

By: Teddy Condie

Famous Images

Background

• Born in New York on June 3, 1938• He went to college at Ohio University• Then he worked at an advertising company in New

York.• He become interested in photography in 1963– He was influenced by Robert Frank

• He then taught color photography at Cooper Union and Princeton.

• In 1980, Meyerowitz took many pictures of the Arch.

His Work• At the beginning of his career Meyerowitz traveled around Europe with

700 rolls of film.– There he practiced and perfected his talents

• He takes a variety of different pictures– Some from out of a moving car– Others are a carefully imaged street corner

• Known mostly as a street photographer

His Work

• In 2001, he took pictures of ground zero after the 9/11 attacks– He was the only

photographer given a pass to take pictures of ground zero right after the attacks

• Many of these pictures made it into a Published by Phaidon Press called “Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive”

Influences

• He was greatly influenced by Robert Frank– a picture maker who Meyerowitz learned from

Awards

• Guggenheim Foundation Grants (twice)• National Endowment For The Arts• National Endowment For The Humanities• CAPS Grant

Professional Analysis

• The blue in all these pictures drawn your eyes through the image

• The underwater shots were very focused• He was able to capture the various bubble

formations after each dive• During the shoot he studied water and why it

acted as it did• Overall the critic says the collection is “sort of

cool”

Bibliography

• http://www.houkgallery.com/meyerowitz/meyerowitz4.html

• J. Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs (New York, 1973)

• P. Turner, ed.: American Images: Photography, 1945–1980 (Harmondsworth and New York, 1985)

• “Art in Review; Joel Meyerowitz -- 'Work From the Sixties‘” Grace Glueck. January 14, 2005. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E2DB1438F937A25752C0A9639C8B63

• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/State_Department_Images_WTC_9-11_Iron_Workers.jpg

• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pop/etc/joel.html

Bibliography

• http://www.ba-reps.com/artists/190/3245/swimming-5-.jpg

• http://gregcookland.com/journal/2008_03_23_archive.html

• http://nymag.com/images/2/daily/entertainment/08/02/22_ac_lg.jpg

• http://www.edelmangallery.com/archive11.htm

• http://www.joelmeyerowitz.com/photoarchive/results.asp?W=4&F=0002&Step=82