JOEL MEYEROWITZ

Joel Meyerowitz was born in New York on March 6th 1938. He first started photography in 1962, he is a street photographer and does portrait and landscapes.

He photographed the aftermath of 9/11, he was the only photographer allowed restricted access to ‘ground zero’ immediately following the attack.

This is a picture by Joel Meyerowitz, it is of the aftermath of 9/11. This photo was took in November 2001, it shows stairs that would have been used by people trying to escape the attack. In the background you can see other buildings that have been effected by the event. He used the stairs as his main focal point.The composition on all of Joel Meyerowitz images is thought out quite well , with most landscape photography composition is the most important as you have to know what you want to show and what is going to be the main focus.

COMPOSITION

Joel Meyerowitz is an urban landscape photographer. He photographs buildings and city surroundings rather than the countryside. He tends to photograph using dull colours looking images, I think this is because the places that he chooses to photograph are ones that have had quite bad events happen in them. In some of his photographs there is usually some light, I think this is to show that he is photographing places that are being put back to normal, a slight suggestion that you can come back from something so horrific happening.

Joel Meyerowitz uses techniques such as rule of thirds and depth of field in his images. He also uses a quick exposure for his images to get the duller look to them.

STYLE

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

I like this piece of work by Joel Meyerowitz because of the way he has captured the rubble as well as all the buildings not affected by the attack. I think it is interesting and brave of him to photograph the aftermath of these attacks, as they affected so many people in so many different ways and I think it would have been hard to seem the outcome of all that.