Joel Meyerowitz: Cape Light
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (670 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597113395 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Amazing" according to Simon Deadman. Amazing book, Meyerowitz's studies of the light and landscape show a real love and deep understanding of the landscape that he immersed himself in while living in Cape Cod.. Five Stars William Cowan lovely book. "Five Stars" according to JPT. A classic, must have photography book.
Now, more than 35 years later, Joel Meyerowitz: Cape Light is back. In Cape Light, everyday scenes—an approaching storm, a local grocery store at dusk, the view through a bedroom window—are transformed by the stunning natural light of Cape Cod and the luminous vision of the photographer. This edition features all the now-iconic images, newly remastered and luxuriously printed in a larger format. Though Meyerowitz had begun shooting in color on the streets of New York a decade earlier, it was this collection of photographs that brought his sensitive color photography to wider notice. Cape Light, Joel Meyerowitz's series of serene and contemplative color photographs taken on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, quickly became one of the most influential and popular photobooks in the latter part of the 20th century after its publication in 1978, breaking new ground both for color photography and for the medium's acceptance in the art world. Meyerowitz is a contemporary master of color photography, and this powerful, captivating photobook is a classic of the genre.
Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. . 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 th
Joel Meyerowitz succeeded best in the way that he recorded porches at dusk, long stretches of beach with an approaching storm, and quiet portraits. –SlateMore than 35 years since its first publication, Cape Light doesn’t look like a time capsule of a bygone place but rather an enduring distillation of its timeless spirit. –Slate. Although the incongruence of a large format view camera and seizing fast moving life in Provincetown was an anomaly—and daring—it also r