The book records a defining period in the history of photography: the young Joel Meyerowitz's experiments in color photography. As an early advocate of color photography, Joel Meyerowitz has influenced many generations of artists. For fifty-eight years, the master photographer has documented the ever-changing social landscape of the USA. For a time, during the late 1960s, Meyerowitz used two cameras: one loaded with black-and-white film, and one with color. The transition of American artists from black-and-white to color photography has sparked much debate. In this book, Meyerowitz tells the story of his early days as a photographer, when he was told that serious photographers take black-and-white pictures. 'But why?' he asked, 'when the world is colorful?' He followed the impulse to buy a color camera and various films, reading manuals and experimenting with color techniques, a passion he continued to pursue throughout his life...

Pages: 224, Year of Publication: 0120, Dimensions: 17.2x17.2cm