Joel Meyerowitz : a question of color

text by Joel Meyerowitz & Robert Shore

ISBN 10: 0500297894 / ISBN 13: 9780500297896

Edité par Thames & Hudson, London ; New York, 2023

This copy signed by Meyerowitz on half-title page. 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 22 cm. Minimal shelf wear to edges, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. N° de réf. du vendeur 016905

Synopsis :

Joel Meyerowitz has been documenting the US's ever-changing social landscape for fifty-eight years. An early advocate of colour photography, the master photographer has inspired and influenced generations of artists.
For a while, during the late 1960s, Meyerowitz carried two cameras: one loaded with monochrome stock, the other with colour. Just how, when and why US fine-art photographers switched from black-and-white image-making, which was prized within the gallery system, to colour photography - once seen as the preserve of the holiday snapper - has been the subject of much debate.
In A Question of Colour, Meyerowitz recounts the story of his early days as a photographer, when he was told that serious photographers only took black-and-white pictures. 'But why?' he asked, 'when the world is in colour?' He promptly bought a colour camera and various rolls of film, and began experimenting with colour techniques: a passion he has continued to pursue all his life.

À propos des auteurs: Born in New York in 1938, Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. He began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art. In 2017, Meyerowitz was honored for his lifelong work with a place in the Leica Hall of Fame, described as a "magician using color" and praised for his ability to "both capture and fram[e] the decisive moment."

Robert Shore is the author of several books about contemporary art and photography, including Beg, Steal and Borrow: Artists Against Originality, Andy Warhol, and Yayoi Kusama. He worked for many years as an arts reviewer and as the editor of Elephant magazine.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Joel Meyerowitz : a question of color
Éditeur : Thames & Hudson, London ; New York
Date d'édition : 2023
Reliure : Soft cover
Etat : Fine
Signé : Signed by Author(s)
Edition : 1st Edition