Joel Meyerowitz was born in 1938 in the Bronx, New York. He went to Ohio State and graduated in 1959 with a degree in painting and medical illustration. In 1962 he started photographing street views in color. At the time, color was rarely used so Meyerowitz helped introduce the world to its new ways. In the 70’s, he taught a color photography course at Cooper Union. Even though he spent most of his career in New York, he traveled to the Gateway Arch in St.Louis and photographed it. After September 11th, he was one of the few privileged photographers to shoot some pictures of Ground Zero. I found that most of his work was composed of simple pieces; there usually weren't many objects in his photos. I also noticed that quite a few of his pictures seemed very relaxing.
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