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Photo by: Joel Meyerowitz
Joel Meyerowitz
Photographer
“The Elements: Air/Water, Part 1” represents a conceptual departure from Joel Meyerowitz’s groundbreaking work in color photography. Similarly to his previous work, the new video and photographs that make up “The Elements” continue to describe place, light and space. However, he feels that traditional pictoral means are not as relevant to a subject of this magnitude. In examining the phenomena of Air/Water/Earth/fire, he says, “the challenge is to try to bring the power of the phenomena itself into the viewing experience.” He attempts to do this by moving away from the horizon line and the illusion of deep space. These new works have a flatness that, in combination with their large scale, presents an image where the viewer can step into and more fully experience a sensation of ‘being there,’ in the elements. The artist has already completed the filming of Fire/Earth and Earth/Water and plans to continue with the relationship of Air/Earth, Water/Fire and Fire/Air.