Joel Meyerowitz: Conversations

20 April - 14 June 2024

Overview

“At 84, Joel Meyerowitz continues to be one of the greatest and most productive American photographers,” says Howard Greenberg. “He startles us with his enormous career as not only one of the seminal photographers in the history of color photography, but as a significant voice and influencer for our field. Joel leaves no stone unturned in his endless search for images and ideas in photography. His universal popularity is a testament to how many lives he has touched with his work and his teachings.”

Joel Meyerowitz is renowned for his fundamental role in the establishment of color photography as a fine art. His work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world and has impacted and influenced countless artists. The Tate exhibition and the new book pair Meyerowitz’s color work with his black and white images created moments apart with two different cameras. Those pairings gave Meyerowitz the idea for his fifth exhibition at Howard Greenberg Gallery. Joel Meyerowitz: Conversations focuses on how specific color images in juxtaposition speak to each other and give added meaning for contemplation, both engaging the viewer in the act of looking and offering a challenging invitation to decipher the connections.

Whether comparing and contrasting the studios of Cézanne and Morandi, the camel coats and the steam rising in New York City with the haze amidst the trees in Yosemite National Park, the summertime Americana of flags and flowers on Cape Cod, or the languid pulchritude of Florida, Meyerowitz surveys ten pairs of related photographs, pointing out relationships, sometimes subtle, that exist in subject, tone, and color.