An acrobat photography. Denis Curti tells Joel Meyerowitz – Brescia

Brescia – a master “without secrets”. Yet his shots are inimitable. For sixty years, Joel Meyerowitz has been sailing on the sea of ​​the best world photography with undisputed charisma and ability, interwoven with technical naturalness, thoughts, emotions. To tell us today is Denis Curti, curator of the exhibition Joel Meyerowitz. A sense of wonder. Photography 1962-2022Who will see the American protagonist at the Brescia Photo Festival until August 14. Almost 100 recordings – including images that are never exhibited in our country – repeat his long career in the Santa Giulia Museum, from street photography to landscapes, from architecture to portraits. “It is the first time that such a broad retrospective is organized in Italy on this American photographer, a real celebrity in the world,” Curti explains: “An exhibition that is waiting for some time, which offers the opportunity to only know the most important chapters of Meyerowitz’s research and his iconic images”.

“I have met Joel now. It is a beautiful eighty -seven -seven -jyear -old, with an impressive brightness and an enviable energy. He has a really infinite capacity to give dialogue and himself,” the curator continues: “Meyerowitz is one of those photographers who don’t have any securets.

Joel Meyerowitz, New York City, 1963 | © Joel MeyerowitZ

Meyerowitz’s goal has been told the United States for sixty years. Can your gaze help us to interpret that great Enigma that is contemporary America?
“Certainly. Meyerowitz starts photographing in the sixties in the streets of Manhattan after meeting Robert Frank, from which he draws inspiration. He immediately introduces an important novelty. Before the street photography and the reportage in general was in black and white. Meyerowitz. Meyerowitz. Meyerowitz.

“Meyerowitz’s blik op Amerika verandert diep na de aanval op de Twin Towers, wanneer, de enige fotograaf die door de toenmalige burgemeester Giuliani is geautoriseerd om vrij te bewegen in de enorme krater van Ground Zero, het zal een echt krachtige baan produceren: beelden die enerzijds het drama documenteren, het verhaal van de Herden, Firefeiters, een sterk gevoel van een sterke zin, een sterke zin Of the Herden, Firefeiters, Firicing, these photos will compare.

Joel Meyerowitz, Display of the site of the World Financial Center, Looking East, New York City, 2001 © Joel Meyerowitz

Before moving to London, where he lives today, Meyerowitz lived in Italy for twelve years. What bond does it have with our country?
“Joel heeft een zeer sterke relatie met Italië. Hij wilde deze tentoonstelling maken omdat hij hier reisgenoten vond die het belang van zijn boodschap hebben gevangen. Zijn printer is een jongen uit Milaan die zich bezighoudt met al zijn foto’s, beide voor de eindkunstmarkt en voor de tentoonstellingen. Velen van de Foto’s zijn gekoppeld aan zijn levenservaring. Zijn straatfotograafvaardigheden, fotograaf van landschappen, architectuur, portretten, overtuigd dat fotografie uit de beperkte Categories Genres must come and that the photographer must be a storyteller of the world.

Technical and poetic, realistic and conceptual. Street photographer, from landscapes, architectures, people … What is the figure in Meyerowitz in his opinion a champion of the lens?
“First of all the skill with which the camera uses. Meyerowitz starts his work with a small size, the Leica 24 x 36 format: from street photographer must move light and fast to surprise the subjects that are parked for him, to use himself. The donkey. Empire of LightWhere the lights of the house and the lampposts exist next to the light of the blue time, which marks the transition between day and night. This research is full of explicit references to the painting of the Chirico, Van Hopper. It is a highly designed photo, which in turn will be inspired for the large American and European cinema. Wim Wenders’ images in Paris Texas They are a clear tribute to the photography of Joel Meyerowitz “.

Joel Meyerowitz, Red Interior, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1977 | © Joel Meyerowitz

See also:
• Photo – The wonders of Joel Meyerowitz
• Joel Meyerowitz’s America at Brescia Photo Festival