Joel Meyerowitz on NPR

[kevin_kemner1]

If you didn't have an opportunity to hear the Joel Meyerowitz interview on NPR is archived at this location.

 

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http://freshair.npr.org

 

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Go to the archived shows and find October 23, 2001. Mr. Meyerowitz was completing work this past summer on a 15 year project to photograph the World Trade Center. He has, since the September 11th attack, been photographing the site with an 8x10 Deardorff. He speaks eloquently about his work on a long term project and his current effort to document the scene.

[ellis_vener_photography]

It really is a terrific interview wit ha very articulate photographer

who is as poetic with his language as he is with lgiht and film.

He is also very clear about a.) why he photographs. b.) why he

loves 8x10. c.) how he goes about a project. d.) his passionate

belief in the ability of photography to simultaneous explore,

document, and express emotional & psychological content

without getting away from the pure narrative and descriptive

power of what he puts in front of his camera. e.) the quaities of

light.

[jim_chinn1]

If the interview I heard was the same one it was on Fresh Air with

Terri Gross. It really was an exceptional interview as Meyerowitz

presented incredible details of what the scene was just 10 days after

the attack. I was especially moved by his candor about his

fascination with the destruction and the magnitude of the

devastation. He plans on contributing the body of work to the city of

New York. It was also interesting when asked about the use of

the "old camera" his response was that no other medium could provide

the impact, detail and clarity as an 8x10 negative.