Joel Meyerowitz

“We really make photographs; we don’t take them. I was trying to get away from the ‘caught moment,’ because Robert Frank and those photographers, myself included, were using it as the hook to make you look at the picture. I wanted to see if I could dissolve that and make a picture about life in the streets that is a bundle of human energy and chance, without telling a story of some sort.

-Joel Meyerowitz, episode 221 of Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz has been capturing life itself since 1962. Whether on the streets of New York City, the sand dunes of Cape Cod, or in transit across Europe, Meyerowitz has documented what he calls “visions in passing.” Today, we return to this special, virtual retrospective, spanning six decades of his life in photographs. Below is a visual companion, with corresponding time-codes bolded for clarity.

Joel Meyerowitz: A Retrospective

(all images courtesy © Joel Meyerowitz)

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New York City, 1963
Howard Greenberg Gallery
15:10—21:00

New York City, 1963
Howard Greenberg Gallery
21:03—22:30

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New York City, 1963
Howard Greenberg Gallery
28:18—32:30

New York City, 1963
Howard Greenberg Gallery
32:30—36:44

Greece, 1967
Howard Greenberg Gallery
36:44—39:16

Ireland, 1966
Howard Greenberg Gallery
39:16—39:55

Mom and Pop, 1982
44:28—46:28

Florida, 1967
American Leisure, Still Going Series
46:52—50:42

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The Bronx, 1967
American Leisure, Still Going Series
50:43—54:53

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New York City, 1976
Howard Greenberg Gallery
55:28—58:02

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Camel Coast Couple in Street Steam, New York City, 1975
Howard Greenberg Gallery
58:03—1:00:33

Empire State Series, 1978
Howard Greenberg Gallery
1:00:38—1:01:24

New York City, 1978
Howard Greenberg Gallery
1:01:25–1:02:22

Joel Meyerowitz with his Deardoff view camera, Cape Cod, 1978
Taking My Time
1:02:25—1:03:20

Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1976
Howard Greenberg Gallery / Aperture Foundation
1:03:21—1:04:27

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Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1976
Howard Greenberg Gallery / Aperture Foundation
1:04:28—1:05:57

Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1976
Howard Greenberg Gallery / Aperture Foundation
1:05:58—1:07:50

Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1976
Howard Greenberg Gallery / Aperture Foundation
1:07:51—1:08:36

New York City, 1974
Wild Flowers, Damiani Ltd.
1:20:51—1:22:52

Paris, 1967 
Wild Flowers, Damiani Ltd.
1:22:55—1:25:55

Aftermath, 2006
Phaidon
1:26:26–1:29:38

Aftermath, 2006
Phaidon
1:26:26–1:29:38

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