JOEL MEYEROWITZ

Joel Meyerowitz was born in New York on March 6th 1938. He first started photography in 1962, he is a street photographer and does portrait and landscapes.

He photographed the aftermath of 9/11, he was the only photographer allowed restricted access to ‘ground zero’ immediately following the attack.

This is a picture by Joel Meyerowitz, it is of the aftermath of 9/11. This photo was took in November 2001, it shows stairs that would have been used by people trying to escape the attack. In the background you can see other buildings that have been effected by the event. He used the stairs as his main focal point.

COMPOSITION

Joel Meyerowitz is an urban landscape photographer. He photographs buildings

and city surroundings rather than the countryside.

STYLE

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

I like this piece of work by Joel Meyerowitz because of

the way he has captured the rubble as well as all the

buildings not affected by the attack. I think it is interesting

and brave of him to photograph the aftermath of

these attacks, as they affected so many people in

so many different ways and I think it would have been hard

to seem the outcome of all that.