Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Color - Joel Meyerowitz

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An early advocate of color photography, Joel Meyerowitz has impacted and influenced generations of artists. For fifty-eight years, the master photographer has documented the United States' ever-changing social landscape. During the late 1960s, Meyerowitz carried two cameras: one loaded with monochrome stock, the other with color. Just how, when, and why American fine art photographers switched from black-and-white image-making, prized within the gallery system, to color photography, once seen as the preserve of tourist photography, has been the cause of much debate. In Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Color , Meyerowitz tells the story of his early days as a photographer when he was told that serious photographers took black-and-white pictures. But why, he asked, when the world is in color? He then bought a color camera and various rolls of film and began to experiment with color techniques: a passion he continues to pursue.