Joel Meyerowitz

American · b. 1938 · Photographer

Joel Meyerowitz is an American street, portrait and landscape photographer. He began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Joel Meyerowitz, Camel coat couple in street steam, New York City, 1975, Dye transfer printCamel coat couple in street steam, New York CityPhillips · $23,750≈ £14,281≈ €17,223Sign up to see
  2. Joel Meyerowitz, Roseville Cottages, Truro, 1976, Chromogenic print, printed 2010Roseville Cottages, TruroPhillips · $20,320≈ £16,531≈ €19,163Sign up to see
  3. Joel Meyerowitz, Dairyland, Provincetown, 1976, Chromogenic printDairyland, ProvincetownPhillips · $16,250≈ £10,978≈ €15,005Sign up to see

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Joel Meyerowitz is an American street, portrait and landscape photographer. He began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art. In the early 1970s he taught photography at the Cooper Union in New York City.

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Born 1938, The BronxOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q322577 ↗ULAN 500017876 ↗

In the collections of

Art Institute of ChicagoHarry Ransom CenterJ. Paul Getty MuseumMichael C. Carlos MuseumMinneapolis Institute of ArtMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaMuseum of Modern ArtPérez Art Museum MiamiSan Francisco Museum of Modern ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtWhitney Museum of American Art

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