CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 9/25/2024

Early Joel Meyerowitz in 'Europa 1966-1967'

“All I wanted was to be without responsibilities for a while and live the life of an artist. I wanted to be able to go out every day and do whatever I’d please. If I wanted to go right, I’d go right. If I wanted to go left, I’d go left. Chance would do the rest.” So photographer Joel Meyerowitz is quoted in his new La Fábrica monograph, Europa 1966–1967, documenting his yearlong journey across the continent, from the UK and Ireland to Spain, France, Germany, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Greece. “When something totally unexpected reveals itself in front of you, it happens precisely because you are there, and because you are ready to recognize it. I think my year in Europe also offered me the opportunity to realize how important it is, in photography, to be present.” Pictured here, a photograph from his time in Malaga, Spain.