Whilst in Berlin I went to see Joel Meyerowitz's exhibition titled 'Why Color', this exhibition presented a variety of Meyerowitz' work that could have easily been created by a different artist. I found it interesting observing how each project by Meyerowitz was exhibited and the impact combining different print sizes had on the work. Some of his black and white images reminded me of the cinema along with a few of his colour images. It was really interesting how he took an image in colour and then one in black and white, both images are then exhibited together with the black and white image above the colour one. (as shown below) Due to the image being in black in white it gives you the impression that the photograph was taken years ago when in fact they were taken around the same time.
The image above of four of the same pictures created by Meyerowitz just printed in different coloured tones has given me the idea of doing something similar with my polaroid camera as I received several filters to go over the lens for Christmas.
The presentation of Meyerowitz's Aftermath of the 9/11 was extremely powerful, exhibiting the work along one large wall, with a picture of the twin towers in the middle grasps the viewers attention from the second they step into the room and allows the viewer to get a true sense of how much damage the 9/11 caused and gives generations to come the chance to truly understand what happened.
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