Joel Meyerowitz: Cape Light by Joel Meyerowitz

Joel Meyerowitz: Cape Light by Joel Meyerowitz

The fiftieth anniversary edition of a timeless photobook by Joel Meyerowitz.

Cape Light, Joel Meyerowitz’s series of serene and contemplative color photographs taken on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, quickly became one of the most influential and popular photography books in the latter part of the twentieth century at its publication in 1978, breaking new ground both for color photography and for the medium’s acceptance into the art world. Now, nearly fifty years later, Aperture is pleased to reissue this classic photobook.

The book features the now-iconic images of the original edition, newly remastered and printed as never before. In it, everyday scenes—an approaching storm, a local grocery store at dusk, the view through a bedroom window—are transformed by the stunning light of Cape Cod and the luminous vision of the photographer. Meyerowitz is a contemporary master of color photography, and through his eyes small-town life on the Cape is imbued with a powerful and captivating beauty.

Joel Meyerowitz (born in New York, 1938) is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. He is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow, a recipient of both National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities awards, and a recipient of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. He has published fifty-eight books and lives in London. Bruce K. MacDonald (interview) is an artist based in Newton, Massachusetts. He is the former dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and earned his PhD in fine arts from Harvard University. Bruce K. MacDonald (interview) is an artist based in Newton, Massachusetts. He is the former dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and earned his PhD in fine arts from Harvard University.

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ISBN 13	9781597116145
ISBN 10	1597116149
Title	Joel Meyerowitz: Cape Light
Author	Joel Meyerowitz
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Aperture
Year published	2026-07-28
Number of pages	112
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.