An hour-long program from 1981 that features Joel Meyerowitz and his street photography in New York City.
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Joel Meyerowitz 1981 Street Photography
An hour-long program from 1981 that features Joel Meyerowitz and his street photography in New York City.
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40 responses to “Joel Meyerowitz 1981 Street Photography”
people used to be so much more interesting on the street. now they just stare at their phones
Amazing photographer and I feel cheated living in my generation. Thank you for sharing
I’ve seen better stuff come from my iphone.
the early 80s were a great time for me. I was 6 years old…and the world was mine.
This guy is like one beat away from being a serial killer. Totally nuts.
People were skinny then. Now, you walk down the street and almost every body is fat.
he´s nervous, doesn´t listen and bothers people – a fine type of an idiot
"8 seconds at f90" – wow.
I searched for the story the 'emperor's new clothes' and it brought me here
Amazing slice of time. Cape Light really inspired me when I was young. Joel's swimming pool shots from the 80s too are truly stunning still.
The main thing of interest in this, is a wonderful, unique uncurated snapshot of a day in NY in 1981. Not many people went out randomly videotaping the city then.
So many cute nerdy guys walking by. 😀 Including the guy behind the hot dog stand. 🙂
There's more beards nowadays than there was even in the early 80's and throughout the 70s! LOL
At that time Americans were Americans.
Thanks for this!
Great images regards
You can't even compare this guy to painters like Bresson or Frank directly. He's okay in his own right. Good street philosophy. His photographs are good or bad depending on perspective.
Love the video but the photos, nah not so much…
31:49 "the street is delicious, its something to suck on" 🙂
His street stuff is not really good….or even remotely sharp.
This video footage alone is a slice of pure nostalgia from the year I was born.
Got to love this guy's feeling for the art of street photography. Oh to be loose on the streets of 1980s NYC with a rangefinder, man. just magical.
Ah, back in the day before immigration got out of control..
This is so awesome. NYC was super max. It had a lot more energy. WTC was with us.
a good time for street photography
The best photographers are judged by their work not by how much crap they talk , the photo should tell you everything ,it should connect with the viewer and explain it`s self.
It`s not the photographers job to feed it to you , the photograph takes on its own identity and endures .
At the start I thought what the…. is this but then ah ha it gets good thanks for uploading
GREAT video. Thanks for sharing!
Joel screams more and f*cks less.
Here's my list of top 3 overrated photographers of all time:
1. William Eggleston
2. Martin Parr
3. Joel Meyerowitz
They take snapshots NOT photographs.
Excellent documentary, just open, honest and forthcoming.
12:19min – 12:24. It looks like photos from VIVIEN MAiER
but in 1981 nobady had know who she is.
watch the documentary finding vivian maier. there are these photos showe i think. I am not really shure but i think i have seen these two photos before. But how?
I think it's possible to be a street photographer without being a 'people person'.
"Stop talking to me". I like the idea of standing in one place and letting the faces arrive on 'the stage'.
Interesting to see New York in the past. You can easily see the unhealthy effects " the system " has had on the people.
I shouldn't have to ask why the shutter was pressed. I see way too many snapshots called street photography. I didn't see anything different from this guy. I also had no idea Mr. Kotter was into photography.
Such and awesome piece of of story telling but the 360P kills me.
Superb documentary, thanks for sharing. Though the video quality is low, Meyerowitz's energy and feline grace burn through. Fascinating and somewhat inspiring video. Also, if there ever was a film of him – Brad Douriff would have been the man.
I have this video constantly on my phone. It is a classic in street photography documentaries.
To see one of the greats actually plying his trade. A great source of tips and an education.
Happy shooting.
There is no fat people walking down the streets.
Wow has the shape of human bodies ever changed!