Joel Meyerowitz: Life on the street never ceased to amaze me

Photographer Joel Meyerowitz talks about his early days, shooting on the streets of New York. See more at phaidon.com/joelmeyerowitz

[@andreachiodi9577]

I could listen to Joel all day ❤

[@studiosoul]

I love this. Joel really describes the essense of shooting street photography and the 'intuition' or sixth sense as he calls it that a street photographer develops. Henri Cartier Bresson was a master of it!

[@KarolisJurevicius]

Very well described observation about the flow of cities and differences between US and Europe. I can definitely relate to that as I've noticed the same phenomenon, and once you figure out that flow you learn how to plan and visualise your shots, as Joel describes, predict the conditions.

[@woodrowclose]

as if we were fisherman. Love this quote. Probably the best advice you could ever have.

[@diordrama]

Wow. great words from a great photographer

[@rajsingharora26]

New York is the Love of my Life.

[@NickOman]

Love the quote "animal life in that canyon."

[@pixiedixie3682]

Have you seen, guys he's documentary back in the 80,s ? Amazing, how he works in the street, so relax and aware of the surroundings ! And how fast on framing and shooting !

[@GaurieVerma]

gonna look it up right now! love the way he talks, poetic and descriptive, full of emotion and clarity! you can tell he's a visual thinker

[@pixiedixie3682]

@Gaurie Verma Such an artist! Enjoy!

[@GaurieVerma]

@@pixiedixie3682 watching it right now! he's really phenomenal in the way he describes his process and philosophy of street photography! thank you for mentioning it here

[@pixiedixie3682]

@Gaurie Verma I will do Gaurie. ! 😊

[@stewartfraser2740]

I cannot believe this only garnered 8 comments

[@DarkAngelEU]

Joel should go to Berlin, I walked a street for three hours straight once there.

[@bobfet1]

The 6th sense - I love it

[@LondonDada]

He's good, no doubt, but would he have "gotten on" without Jewish connections in the media and art world? Ditto Andy Warhol, though admittedly not a fraction as talented. Much too much racial cronyism going on in NY and London also - blocks a lot of other talented people from getting fair exposure.