Joel Meyerowitz: Discussing Ground Zero, Lifelong Career and More

WHAT: MoPA presents Joel Meyerowitz in an illustrated lecture to speak about his career including his current project, a yearlong daily documentation of New York's Ground Zero. Meyerowitz is also the 2002 recipient of MoPA's Century Award for Lifetime Achievement. Please see below for further bio information. WHEN: Sunday, June 2 at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Museum of the Photographic Arts, Balboa Park

TICKET COST: $9 General Public, $8 Students & seniors, $7 MoPA members

BIO: Photographer Joel Meyerowitz will speak about his career including his current project, a yearlong, daily documentation of New York's Ground Zero. Born in New York in 1938, Meyerowitz considers himself a "street photographer" in the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Gary Winogrand, although he works exclusively in color. As an early advocate of color photography, he was instrumental in changing the attitude toward the use of color from one of resistance to revelation. Meyrowitz is the author of twelve books, including Cape Light: Color Photography by Joel Meyerowitz and Bystander: A History of Street Photography. He was recently featured on National Public Radio's Fresh Air and he is the 2002 recipient of the Museum of Photographic Art's Century Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has had one-man exhibitions in The Museum of Modern Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Art and at many other locations both here and abroad.