Joel Meyerowitz is a German Photographer that was born in the advent of color photography. He graduated with a degree from Ohio State University in the Painting and Illustration area. He was one of the first to begin using color photography and he began teaching that art in formal classes. Starting on the street, with a large format, black and white camera, he began to make a name for himself a common name as far a photography is concerned. Meyerowitz has been awarded the National Endowment of the Arts award and has published his most famous book called, "Aftermath; World Trade Center Archive." He was also involved in the television documentary called "The Genius of Photography", aired by BBC. I was able to catch some of this documentary and it was extremely informative. To me, the message was very clear, a great photographer does not happen upon a great photograph, he creates the scene, then waits for the proper subject to pass by.
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