Cape Light

(Hardback)

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Cape Light, Joel Meyerowitz's series of serene and contemplative color photographs taken on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, quickly became one of the most influential and popular photography books in the latter part of the twentieth century, breaking new ground both for color photography and for the medium's acceptance into the art world. Now, over thirty-five years later, Aperture is pleased to bring back this classic collection in its original form. The book features all the now - iconic images of the original edition, newly remastered and printed as never before. In it, everyday scenes - an approaching storm, a local grocery store at dusk, the view through a bedroom window-are transformed by the stunning light of Cape Cod and the luminous vision of the photographer. Meyerowitz is a contemporary master of color photography, and through his eyes small - town life on the Cape is imbued once more with a powerful and captivating beauty.

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The images in Cape Light have been newly remastered and printed, and remind us of Meyerowitzs uncanny ability to capture epiphanies amid the beaches, diners and streets of Cape Cod. Royal Photographic Society Journal
The publishing of Cape Light decades ago was an inspiration, a revelation of refined color and simplicity at a time when black and white was considered the standard for serious photography. Although the incongruence of a large format view camera and seizing fast moving life in Provincetown was an anomalyand daringit also revealed the marvelously nuanced color captured at the Cape. Joel Meyerowitz succeeded best in the way that he recorded porches at dusk, long stretches of beach with an approaching storm, and quiet portraits. New York Journal of Books
Thirty-five years ago, these photographs broke new ground in how film in an 8 x 10 view camera could reproduce the colors and intensity of light, making color photography more accepted in the art world. Travel and Leisure
Meyerowitzs photographs are acclaimed for their use of color and their appreciation of light, which transform everyday scenes of homes, beaches, and streets into something otherworldly. Slate
More than 35 years since its first publication, Cape Light doesnt look like a time capsule of a bygone place but rather an enduring distillation of its timeless spirit. Slate

Author Bio

Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. He is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of both National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities awards, and a recipient of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. He has published over fifteen books and lives between Italy and New York. Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. He is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of both National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities awards, and a recipient of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. He has published over fifteen books and lives between Italy and New York. Joel Meyerowitz is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. He is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of both National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities awards, and a recipient of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. He has published over fifteen books and lives between Italy and New York. Bruce K. MacDonald is an artist based in Newton, Massachusetts. He is the former dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and earned his PhD in fine arts from Harvard University.