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Joel Meyerowitz
PhotographerKnown for:
color street photography and large-format work at Cape Cod
Education:
Ohio State University (BFA, painting, 1959); self-taught in photography
Joel Meyerowitz began photographing the streets of New York in 1962 and was among the earliest advocates for color photography as a legitimate artistic practice. His book Cape Light (1978), made with an 8×10 view camera on Cape Cod, is one of the most influential landscape photography books of the twentieth century. After September 11, 2001, he was the only photographer granted unrestricted access to Ground Zero during the recovery operation.
Joel Meyerowitz's Gear List(1)
Deardorff
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Documented in the making of "Cape Light" (1978); Meyerowitz adopted the 8×10 view camera specifically for the Cape Cod series.
Product description
Manufactured by L.F. Deardorff & Sons in Chicago from the 1920s through the 1980s, the 8×10 is a wooden field camera producing negatives 8 by 10 inches. Its bellows design allows for full front and rear movements including tilt, swing, and shift.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
