“With color, subtler things can be the subject of a photograph, the very weight of the atmosphere, the temperature of a day, the quality of someone’s skin - these don’t reveal themselves in black and white but become palpable in color” –Joel Meyerowitz
The photos, which range in size from 20x24 to 30x40 inches, are a lyrical re-creation of a day in summer, from the first light of dawn through a period of dramatic storm, to a sun-filled day and calm sunset, to the last glimmering of nightfall.
Joel Meyerowitz has gathered the memories of seven summers on Cape Cod, extracted the sunburn, sticky sweat, and mosquito bites that mar a perfect day, and preserved only the serenity of the season. Soaked with impressionistic colors, the images seduce the senses into tasting the fresh raspberries and feeling the laziness of a hammock, the refreshing chill of an afternoon rain, the carefree glow of a sunbather. A Summer’s Day progresses leisurely from the wake of the morning to the blue hour of night, telling a story as fleeting as the tide. |
