Matt Stuart and Joel Meyerowitz
Matt Stuart talks with Joel Meyerowitz about his move from advertising art director to street photographer, among other topics.
About Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz started photographing on the streets of New York after watching Robert Frank at work. He used 35mm color film. He later settled on color, and around that time he also began working with an 8x10 view camera.
Meyerowitz was born in the Bronx, New York. In addition to his street photography, he photographs portraits and landscapes. He graduated from Ohio State University and taught at Cooper Union. His exhibition My European Trip was shown at MoMA.
His books include Cape Light and Bystander: A History of Street Photography, which he created with Colin Westerbeck. For Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive, he was given unrestricted access to Ground Zero. His work is in the collections of MoMA, the ICP, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others. He received two Guggenheim fellowships.
About Matt Stuart
Matt Stuart is a British street photographer born in Harrow, London. He lives and works in London. As a boy, he skateboarded and practiced kung fu. He later spent three years as a photographer's assistant before becoming a freelance photographer.
Stuart joined the In-Public collective and became a Magnum nominee. Alongside his street photography, he works as an advertising photographer and teaches street photography workshops. His work is in the collection of the Museum of London.
He has published the books All That Life Can Afford, Into the Fire, and Think Like a Street Photographer. Together with Stephen McLaren, he compiled Reclaim the Street. He spoke with Joel Meyerowitz at the Leica event Celebration of Photography.
