Introduction to Joel Meyerowitz. 2:12 min. Interview: Raymond Elman. Post-Production: Lee Skye. Music: Carmen Cicero, Recorded via Zoom: 8/28/2024, London + Miami.
JOEL MEYEROWITZ (b.1938) is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. Celebrated as a pioneer of color photography, he is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of both National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities awards, and a recipient of the Royal Photographic Society’s Centenary Medal. He has published 55 books of photographs, including “Cape Light” (1978) and “Aftermath” (2011). Meyerowitz is represented by Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York, Polka Galerie in Paris, and Huxley-Parlou Gallery in London.
— https://www.joelmeyerowitz.com/
The videos below were recorded via Zoom, are organized by Success Factor, and run between 30 seconds and 8 minutes. Click on any video. You must be connected to the Internet to view the videos.
Where did you grow up, and what was your first awareness of art of any discipline?
DEVELOP A VOICE: 2:36 min.
What was your journey from college to street photography?
CRITICAL THINKING: 2:02 min.
Many of your street photographs that I have seen are black & white.
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 1:03 min.
At the time you started making street photographs, black & white photos were considered more “artful.”
SELF-CONFIDENCE: 1:09 min.
What was your early exposure to Miami Beach?
DEVELOP A VOICE: 1:30 min.
When did you start making photographs of swimming pools in South Florida?
UNDERSTANDS ARTISTS’ NEEDS: 4:10 min.
Your photographs are a juxtaposition of storytelling and dynamic composition. Are you conscious of doing both simultaneously? Or is composition instinctive?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 3:36 min.
When did you start making photographs in Provincetown on the northern tip of Cape Cod?
CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY: 2:14 min.
When you use your 1938 Deardorff 8×10 inch view camera, do you simply pull off the lens cap to expose the film?
SEIZES OPPORTUNITIES: 3:09 min.
Describe the experience of creating the book “Cape Light,” which was published in 1978 and is still in print.
COMMUNITY VALUES: 0:58 sec.
In 1985, I co-founded Provincetown Arts magazine, and Cincinnati Arts magazine in 1988. Joel Meyerowitz volunteered to make our cover photographs free of charge. Here are a few of them. Music: Carmen Cicero.
— Raymond Elman, founding editor-in-chief, ArtSpeak
UNDERSTANDS THE BUSINESS OF ART: 1:27 min.
How many books of your photographs have been published to date (9/1/24)?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 7:38 min.
I love your photograph book, “St Louis & the Arch.” What are some of your favorite projects?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:33 min.
I believe that art must flow easily from the artist. That intellectual strategies generally feel forced.
PERSEVERANCE FURTHERS: 1:34 min.
In the 20th century, I interviewed you for School Arts magazine, and you told me that building gas-powered model airplanes as a teenager helped you develop the mindset of a perfectionist.
OVERCOMES CHALLENGES TO SUCCEED: 6:53 min.
Tell us about your engagement with photographing the aftermath of the destruction of the World Trade Center on 9/11.
RESILIENCE: 1:53 min.
What was your experience with the director of the Museum of the City of New York?
STRONG DRIVE FOR ACHIEVEMENT: 0:30sec.
How many photographs did you make of Ground Zero, and how many exhibitions did you produce?
INSIGHT & INSPIRATION: 1:02 min.
What’s your favorite movie?
CREATES A UNIQUE PERSONAL BRAND: 1:13 min.
What’s happening with the documentary film that was made about you and your wife, the British novelist and playwright Maggie Barrett?
