Joel Meyerowitz
American, born 1938
Sky/Bay Provincetown
INV-1096
Joel Meyerowitz
American, born 19381977, printed 1981
Sky/Bay Provincetown
Joel Meyerowitz American, born 1938 →photographic processphotography
Date
1977, printed 1981
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
Image: 39.2 × 49.6 cm (15 7/16 × 19 9/16 in.); Paper: 40.6 × 50.8 cm (16 × 20 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Purchased with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts
With the introduction of color photography, a new richness and a greater sense of reality were brought to the medium. In Joel Meyerowitz's Provincetown, subtle variations of color and dramatic light express a classic theme: the eternal confrontation between man and nature. The immense expanse of ocean and sky dwarfs the figure at the end of the sandbar, and the sand and lone boat take on the pink tints of the setting sun. Working with a traditional subject, Meyerowitz nonetheless succeeded in extending the possibilities of the photographic medium by allowing color to heighten the emotional and spiritual content of his images.
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