Out of the Ordinary 1970-1980

This publication offers a selection of photographs made by award-winning photographer Joel Meyerowitz between 1970 and 1980. Joel Meyerowitz saw this period as a time of radical and decisive change. The photographs presented in this publication survey that vital decade in which Meyerowitz challenged the medium and engaged in aesthetic exploration. Meyerowitz says, ‘During this period I changed from the quick, intuitive 35mm. shooting of the urban scene and its complex spaces to the more meditative, spacious and luminous view camera work. In fact, my behavior and my sense of time underwent a transformation that deeply influenced my work from that time on.’ nnThis catalogue accompagnied the exhibition ‘’Out of the Ordinary 1970-1980’ that has been organized in close collaboration with the artist by the Jeu the paume in Paris where the exhibition was originally premiered in October of 2006, and the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam. nnJoel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world.