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Joel Meyerowitz
+ “So many of the pictures have a certain wacky, surreal humor to them. The world seemed kind of zany crazy to me. They're not ironic. They're about how the culture looked — how America looked during the Vietnam War. I think I saw an absurd streak in American life” Joel Meyerowitz
Catskill Mountains, 1963
Paris, Fallen Man, 1967
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New York City, 1975
New York City, 1976
New York City, 1965
Aftermath
+ One of his more recent projects was documenting the destruction and recovery of ground zero after the September 11, 2001, attacks.
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Today’s Task:
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Answer the following questions in your sketchbook/file: 1.What are the concepts behind his 9/11 images? 2.Who is the intended audience of the 9/11 images? 3.What is the site of consumption of the 9/11 images 4.What are the ideas/concepts behind one of your three picture stories? 5.Who is the intended audience of this three picture story? 6.What is the site of consumption for this three picture story?
Get the PowerPoint stuck in your sketchbook/file and ensure notes from the session are with the PowerPoint