Photography presentation on Joel Meyerowitz By Teddy Condie

1. Joel Meyerowitz
By: Teddy Condie

2. Famous Images

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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”

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

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

13. 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”

16. Bibliography
• http://www.houkgallery.com/meyerowitz/meyerowitz4.ht
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• 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=9A04E2DB
1438F937A25752C0A9639C8B63
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Sta
te_Department_Images_WTC_9-11_Iron_Workers.jpg
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pop/etc/
joel.html

17. Bibliography
• http://www.ba-
reps.com/artists/190/3245/swimming-5-.jpg
• http://gregcookland.com/journal/2008_03_23_ar
chive.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/r
esults.asp?W=4&F=0002&Step=82