Jeff Mermelstein
Jeff Mermelstein (born 1957) is an American photojournalist and street photographer, known for his work in New York City.
Jeff Mermelstein
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- Name
- Jeff Mermelstein
- Born
- 1957
- Birthplace
- New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
- Field
- Photography
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer
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Jeff Mermelstein (born 1957) is an American photojournalist and street photographer, known for his work in New York City.
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Jeff Mermelstein (born 1957) is a photographer, of American nationality. The photographer was born in New Brunswick. Activity centred on photography. Works are held at Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Collection and Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Key facts
• Name — Jeff Mermelstein • Born — 1957 • Birthplace — New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA • Field — Photography
Life and work
Life and work
Mermelstein lives in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, New York. Using the camera on an iPhone, he made a series of photographs of messages on people's phone screens in New York City. He began the series in October 2017 and published it periodically on Instagram, then as the book #nyc in 2020.
Solo
Solo
• Color Photographs, Dance Theater Workshop Gallery; New York City, 1987 • Recent Color Photographs, The Camera Club of New York, New York City, 1991 • SideWalk, Italy, France, Ireland, Canada, 1999–2001 • Ground Zero, International Center of Photography, New York, 2002 • Jeff Mermelstein, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York City, 2006
![Photobooks (by Max Kozloff [ed], Jeff Mermelstein, Christoph Bangert, Michael Spano, Larry Fink, and Mark Cohen) published by powerHouse, surrounded by (irrelevant) Pelicans](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/PowerHouse.among.Pelicans.jpeg/800px-PowerHouse.among.Pelicans.jpeg)
Photobooks (by Max Kozloff [ed], Jeff Mermelstein, Christoph Bangert, Michael Spano, Larry Fink, and Mark Cohen) published by powerHouse, surrounded by (irrelevant) Pelicans
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Three photobooks by Jeff Mermelstein, surrounded by (irrelevant) Pelicans
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Publications
Publications
• Illustration — Three books by Mermelstein (among unrelated Pelicans)
Books by Mermelstein
Books by Mermelstein
• SideWalk. • Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 1999.. • Arles: Actes Sud, 1999.. • Frankfurt: Umschau/Braus, 1999.. • Side Walk: Per le strade di New York. Rome: Peliti, 1999.. • No Title Here. New York: powerHouse, 2003.. • Twirl×Run. New York: powerHouse, 2009.. • Arena. TBW, 2019.. With an afterword by Robert Slifkin. • Hardened. London: Mörel, 2019.. Edited by David Campany. • nyc. London: Mack, 2020..
Other books with contributions by Mermelstein
Other books with contributions by Mermelstein
• Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren, eds. Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010; (English, hardback). London: Thames & Hudson, 2010; (French). London: Thames & Hudson, 2012; (English, paperback).
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- “Jeff Mermelstein”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
• 1991: Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship • 1998: European Publishers Award for Photography
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- 1.artnet.com. Biography & Links. Jeff Mermelstein.
- 2.Steven Kasher Gallery. Biography. Jeff Mermelstein.
- 3.This photographer snaps the intimate texts of strangers on the NYC streets. Dazed. July 22, 2020.
- 4.A Photographer Secretly Snapped Shots of New Yorkers' Text Messages. See the Humorous and Heartbreaking Images Here. artnet News. 15 July 2020.
- 5.Rayner, Alex. Sex, lies and text messages: the photographer snapping New Yorkers' private thoughts. The Guardian. 29 July 2020. 0261-3077.
- 6.Rick Wester Fine Art. Biography. Jeff Mermelstein.
- 7."Previous winners ", European Publishers Award for Photography. Accessed 1 May 2014.
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