Joel Meyerowitz - BBC feature

[Austerby]

"As he celebrates five decades as a professional photographer with a retrospective book - Taking My Time - American street photographer Joel Meyerowitz tells the stories behind some of his award-winning images."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-21188741

Dear old Auntie Beeb: they're actually pretty good at representing photography. If you've not seen it the blog from their picture editor is also worth a look.

 

[V-12]

Thank you, very enjoyable.

 

[jenquest]

I wasn't a fan of his work when I first came across it but then slowly I found myself liking it more and more.

He seems like a nice chap which is an added bonus.

 

[Larky]

Nice link, I like his stuff, I like how personable he is.

 

[Damaso]

Thanks for the post!

 

[back alley]

Photogs / Photo Exhibits This is the place to discuss a particular Photographer (work, style, life, whatever), as well as to post Gallery and Museum Photo Exhibitions and your own impressions of them. As we march on in this new digital world, it is often too easy to forget about the visual importance of the photographic print, as well as their financial importance to the photographer. It is also interesting to remember that some guy named Gene Smith shot with lenses that many lens test reading "never had a picture published in their life" amateurs would turn up their their noses at, as being "unacceptable."

 

[nobbylon]

I dropped in at my best mate's place in London a few years ago as I'd promised his very young daughter a pilot hat for her dress up box and sat in the back room was Joel and his partner. We had a great evening chatting and discussing this and that. A very nice man who also happens to be very talented. I spoke to my mate last week who said he was going to the show, I wish I could have gone myself.

 

[Vics]

Wonderful film! Thanks for posting this.

 

[van_d]

I wasn't a fan of his work when I first came across it but then slowly I found myself liking it more and more.

He seems like a nice chap which is an added bonus.

This is the same for me. The more I see of Meyerowitz, the more I enjoy and appreciate his work.

 

[Doug]

Thanks for bringing this up, Austerby, and providing the link. Interesting and thoughtful. It did bother me though that the video zoomed in on the photos, briefly changing the compositions.