Joel Meyerowitz
*1938

JOEL MEYEROWITZ (*1938)
Porch, Provincetown, from the series 'Bay Sky Porch', 1977
© Joel Meyerowitz / Courtesy Kicken Berlin
Biography
Born in New York City in 1938, Joel Meyerowitz began photographing in 1962 after being inspired by the street photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank and Eugen Atget, among others. As an early advocate of color photography already in the mid-1960’s, Meyerowitz was instrumental in changing the attitude toward the use of color photography from one of resistance to nearly universal acceptance. Within a few days of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Meyerowitz began to create an archive of the destruction and recovery at Ground Zero and the immediate neighborhood. The World Trade Center Archive consists of over 8,000 images, which were also on view when he represented the United States at the 8th Venice Biennale for Architecture in 2002. Meyerowitz is a two time Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of both the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities awards, as well as a recipient of the Deutsche Fotobuchpreis. In 2017 he was honored for his lifelong work with a place at the Leica Hall of Fame. He is also the author of numerous award-winning photo books.
Exhibitions
Publications
Press
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Berliner Zeitung: Die Geschichte der Farbfotografie
Apr 28, 2011
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung: Als die Farben explodierten
Jun 11, 2011
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Léonce: Auf Foto-Tour in Mitte
Feb 01, 2001
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Brennpunkt. Magazin für Fotografie: Aspects of American Color Photography
Jan 01, 2001
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Vogue: 4-Color
Mar 01, 2001
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Prinz: Mit dem Farbfilter arbeiten
Mar 01, 2001
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ELLE Decoration: Galeristen am Drücker
Jan 01, 2001
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tip: Kunst: Sammlung MoMA
Feb 12, 2004
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Wirtschaftswoche: MoMA und mehr
Mar 25, 2004
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Welt am Sonntag: Berühmt und doch übergangen
Feb 15, 2004
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Der Tagesspiegel: Aus dem Familienalbum
Feb 21, 2004
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db artmag: Mythos MoMA
May 01, 2004
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Edel belichtet
May 09, 2004
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unknown source: Geburt einer Kunst
Feb 18, 2004
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art: American Season
Feb 01, 2004