Joel Meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz is an American photographer, recognized for his contributions to street, portrait, and landscape photography, and an early proponent of color photography. After being inspired by observing Robert Frank at work in 1962, Joel Meyerowitz left his role as an art director for an advertising agency to pursue photography, documenting the streets of New York City with a 35mm camera and color film. An early proponent of color photography, Meyerowitz solidified his commitment to the medium in 1972, a period preceding its broader institutional acceptance. Concurrently, he embraced large-format photography, frequently utilizing an 8×10 camera to capture detailed images.

A revised edition of his acclaimed work, ‘Wild Flowers,’ was released in 2021. Most recently, he published ‘The Pleasure of Seeing. Conversations with Joel Meyerowitz on Sixty Years in the Life of Photography’ in 2023, followed by ‘Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Color’ in 2024, continuing to contribute significantly to the photographic discourse.