CAPE LIGHT

CapeLight,JoelMeyerowitz'sseriesofsereneandcontemplativecolorphotographstakenonCapeCod,Massachusetts,quicklybecameoneofthemostinfluentialandpopularphotobooksinthelatterpartofthe20thcenturyafteritspublicationin1978,breakingnewgroundbothforcolorphotographyandforthemedium'sacceptanceintheartworld.Now,morethan35yearslater,JoelMeyerowitz:CapeLightisback.Thiseditionfeaturesallthenow-iconicimages,newlyremasteredandluxuriouslyprintedinalargerformat.InCapeLight,everydayscenes--anapproachingstorm,alocalgrocerystoreatdusk,theviewthroughabedroomwindow--aretransformedbythestunningnaturallightofCapeCodandtheluminousvisionofthephotographer.ThoughMeyerowitzhadbegunshootingincoloronthestreetsofNewYorkadecadeearlier,itwasthiscollectionofphotographsthatbroughthissensitivecolorphotographytowidernotice.Meyerowitzisacontemporarymasterofcolorphotography,andthispowerful,captivatingphotobookisaclassicofthegenre.