Photography & Environment

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1975  1975

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1978  1978

Joel Meyerowitz, Bay/Sky, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1985  1985

The works from the Cape Light series show the first time Meyerowitz used a large-format camera to make large-scale colour prints. He shot the images on the coast and in the small towns of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Hartwig House, Truro, Massachusetts is taken inside a house, looking through the narrow landing onto a screen door through which greenery is visible. Porch, Provincetown, Massachusetts is of a porch at night, alight with an orange glow. Beyond the porch there is only sky and ocean, while a single lightning-bolt strikes far out on the horizon.

Gallery label, August 2024

Joel Meyerowitz, An NYPD rescue worker, New York City, 2001  2001

The Aftermath series shows the destruction left behind after the 9/11 attacks in Lower Manhattan, New York. The images also feature firefighters, police officers and welders working on site to clear thousands of tons of wreckage and rescue any survivors. Cranes and other heavy machinery suggest the scale of the operation. Meyerowitz saw the importance in documenting Ground Zero as an act of both bearing witness and a type of memorialisation. He was the only photographer allowed to access the site, working almost daily from September 2001 to June 2002 with three cameras (including a 4x5 camera and a 35mm camera) and a video recorder. He produced approximately 8,000 photographs, many of which have been exhibited internationally.

Gallery label, August 2024

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1975  1975

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1974  1974

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1974  1974

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1978  1978

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1978  1978

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1975  1975

Joel Meyerowitz, A Worker Carrying a Hydraulic Hose, New York City, 2002  2002

The Aftermath series shows the destruction left behind after the 9/11 attacks in Lower Manhattan, New York. The images also feature firefighters, police officers and welders working on site to clear thousands of tons of wreckage and rescue any survivors. Cranes and other heavy machinery suggest the scale of the operation. Meyerowitz saw the importance in documenting Ground Zero as an act of both bearing witness and a type of memorialisation. He was the only photographer allowed to access the site, working almost daily from September 2001 to June 2002 with three cameras (including a 4x5 camera and a 35mm camera) and a video recorder. He produced approximately 8,000 photographs, many of which have been exhibited internationally.

Gallery label, August 2024

Joel Meyerowitz, A welder Wounded by an Explosion of Buried Ammunition in the Customs Building, New York City, 2001  2001

The Aftermath series shows the destruction left behind after the 9/11 attacks in Lower Manhattan, New York. The images also feature firefighters, police officers and welders working on site to clear thousands of tons of wreckage and rescue any survivors. Cranes and other heavy machinery suggest the scale of the operation. Meyerowitz saw the importance in documenting Ground Zero as an act of both bearing witness and a type of memorialisation. He was the only photographer allowed to access the site, working almost daily from September 2001 to June 2002 with three cameras (including a 4x5 camera and a 35mm camera) and a video recorder. He produced approximately 8,000 photographs, many of which have been exhibited internationally.

Gallery label, August 2024

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1978  1978

Joel Meyerowitz, Roseville Cottages, Truro, Massachusetts, 1976  1976

The works from the Cape Light series show the first time Meyerowitz used a large-format camera to make large-scale colour prints. He shot the images on the coast and in the small towns of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Hartwig House, Truro, Massachusetts is taken inside a house, looking through the narrow landing onto a screen door through which greenery is visible. Porch, Provincetown, Massachusetts is of a porch at night, alight with an orange glow. Beyond the porch there is only sky and ocean, while a single lightning-bolt strikes far out on the horizon.

Gallery label, August 2024