An expanded large-format edition of Meyorowitz’s 1983 photo-bouquet of urban flora
This new and expanded edition of Joel Meyerowitz’s widely acclaimed 1983 photobook Wild Flowers features new and unpublished images, and a larger format. For nearly 50 years Meyerowitz has tended his visual garden in the streets, parks and cities that he has visited or lived in. He goes into the streets wide-eyed and passionate, carrying a machine ideally suited to the task of taking it all in.
One day, while editing, Meyerowitz stumbled upon a small group of photographs featuring flowers, which he had accumulated without realizing. He began to see that this innocent premise might serve to bring together a variety of his other photographic interests. Thus Wild Flowers was born. With a unique sense of visual humor and an unmatched attention to detail, Meyorowitz invites readers to see the natural beauty in the busy city landscape.
Born in the Bronx in 1938, Joel Meyerowitz is best known for his extensive street photography practice. He began capturing everyday scenes on the streets of New York in 1962 and was an early adopter of color film for the genre, advocating for its use when many self-serious career photographers resisted its popularization. He has published 35 books.
Featured image is reproduced from ‘Joel Meyerowitz: Wild Flowers'.
PRAISE AND REVIEWS
Musee
Andy Dion
Taking a look through the pages of Joel Meyerowitz’s Wild Flowers, one sees images of happenstance, of hilarity, and of profound sadness. Originally released in 1983, the idea for Wild Flowers came to Meyerowitz when he discovered a notable amount of flowers in his work. The result of the project was an interesting, simultaneous extrapolation of and departure on and from his previous work, acknowledging the flower in our daily life.
Blind
Miss Rosen
The flower thread[s] itself through his images like a medieval tapestry of mille fleur.
Hyperallergic
Esmé Hogeveen
Meyerowitz’s unforced curation shines brightest in moments of humor and attentive observation. [...] In 2021, after a year of increased fear, loss, and trepidation, flowers have continued to bloom and die, gracing public and private spaces, weddings and funerals. Never cloying, the florals in Wild Flowers are a reminder of a world that keeps growing.
Contemporary Lynx Magazine
Anna Dziuba
Presents snapshots in which the landscaoe of the cities the photographer lived in meets urban greenery [...] The series includes street photographs, portraits, still-life images and city scapes.
Harper's Bazaar
Ashley Simpson
Showcases everyday scenes from New Yorkers in their Sunday best in 1964 to a man on a unicycle in San Juan carefully balancing a towering bouquet—all drawn together by a single, unexpectedly nuanced theme: the flower.
Wednesday June 30 at 12PM EST, Rizzoli Bookstore and Damiani Books presents Joel Meyerowitz and Gus Powell in conversation about Joel Meyerowitz: Wild Flowers, the new, expanded edition of Meyerowitz's classic 1983 photobook. Register in advance here, and you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the event. continue to blog
Tuesday, April 13 at 2PM EST (7PM BST), the Martin Parr Foundation presents Joel Meyerowitz, speaking on the new, expanded edition of his classic 1983 photobook, Wild Flowers—out now from Damiani Books. The 2021 edition includes new and unpublished images from Meyerowitz’s archive of street photography, taken over a period of 40 years across streets, parks and cities he has visited or lived in. Meyerowitz’s presentation will be followed by a discussion with Martin Parr and questions from the audience. Please register for this Zoom event here. continue to blog
"New York City" (1974) is reproduced from Wild Flowers, Damiani's critically-acclaimed, large-format, expanded edition of Joel Meyerowitz's 1983 photobook classic. "Whether it is a tattooed rose, a floral bedspread, a lovingly held bouquet or a single bloom in a desert, these photographs singly and together echo our yearning for ritual and the need to connect with beauty," Maggie Barrett writes. "While each of these images immortalizes the given moment, the subject matter reveals the ephemeral, temporary nature of existence. Like all well-tended gardens, Wild Flowers is a book you can wander through over and over again and each time discover something new." continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 128 pgs / 90 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $55.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $77 ISBN: 9788862087308 PUBLISHER: Damiani AVAILABLE: 4/13/2021 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA LA
Published by Damiani. Text by Joel Meyerowitz, Maggie Barrett.
An expanded large-format edition of Meyorowitz’s 1983 photo-bouquet of urban flora
This new and expanded edition of Joel Meyerowitz’s widely acclaimed 1983 photobook Wild Flowers features new and unpublished images, and a larger format. For nearly 50 years Meyerowitz has tended his visual garden in the streets, parks and cities that he has visited or lived in. He goes into the streets wide-eyed and passionate, carrying a machine ideally suited to the task of taking it all in.
One day, while editing, Meyerowitz stumbled upon a small group of photographs featuring flowers, which he had accumulated without realizing. He began to see that this innocent premise might serve to bring together a variety of his other photographic interests. Thus Wild Flowers was born. With a unique sense of visual humor and an unmatched attention to detail, Meyorowitz invites readers to see the natural beauty in the busy city landscape.
Born in the Bronx in 1938, Joel Meyerowitz is best known for his extensive street photography practice. He began capturing everyday scenes on the streets of New York in 1962 and was an early adopter of color film for the genre, advocating for its use when many self-serious career photographers resisted its popularization. He has published 35 books.
