THE PLEASURE OF SEEING

Conversations with Joel Meyerowitz on sixty years in the life of photography

1. BUBBLES OF MEMORY. LEARNING THE ALPHABET OF PHOTOGRAPHY 007

2. “DON’T THINK!”. THE IMMEDIACY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ACT 025

3. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ROBERT FRANK. TRAVELING ACROSS AMERICA AND EUROPE 047

4. DISAPPEARING MOMENTS. FROM THE CENTRAL INCIDENT TO THE SUBJECT SPREAD ALL ACROSS THE FRAME 073

5. BEING IN THE MOMENT. CAPE LIGHT AND LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY 085

6. WEIGHTS AND BALANCES. ON THE STREET WITH THE VIEW CAMERA 109

7. TUNING THE VISION. THE ESSENCE OF A MOMENT 139

8. AFTERMATH. DOCUMENTING GROUND ZERO 155

9. KEEPING ENGAGED. RECENT BODIES OF WORK 171

APPENDIX A: JOEL MEYEROWITZ’S BEST-KNOWN PICTURES 199

APPENDIX B: MAIN CHARACTERS 218

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