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In the mid-1960s, a long trip to Europe marked a turning point in Joel Meyerowitz’s career and allowed him to assert his style. But it was not until the early 1970s that he devoted himself exclusively to color.
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For ten years, between 1963 and 1973, Joel Meyerowitz declined what he saw a few seconds apart using two cameras: one in color, the other in black and white. Life had continued during these short moments necessary for the change of housing. “Everything was technically determined in advance, but at the time, I didn’t know what I was doing,” says the photographer. I left it up to chance to decide what I had done. It was, in many ways, an abstract process.”
