Born in New York in 1938, he began photographing in 1962. In 1976 he turned to color photography focusing on landscapes, mainly Cape Cod. In 2001, few days after the attacks in 9/11, he started creating a photo archive of the Point Zero. With these series he represented USA at the 8th Biennale of Artchitecture in Venice (2002). His work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. He also created a traveling exhibition of 117 vintage and modern prints entitled “Out of the Ordinary 1970-1980,” which premiered at the Jeu de paume in Paris, France. It has been exhibited at the Museum der Modern in Salzburg, Austria, and the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the Musee de la Photographie in Charleroi, Belgium and the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography in Thessaloniki, Greece. Meyerowitz is a two time Guggenheim fellow, a recipient of both the NEA and NEH awards, as well as a recipient of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis. His work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, the Boston Museum of Fine Art and many others.
