Sometimes, It Takes Time -- The Photography of Meryl Meisler

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

There is a vibrance, a joy, and a love for photography that one feels when speaking with Meryl Meisler. It’s also very cool that by day she was a high school art teacher in Brooklyn and, by night, dancing and photographing at legendary clubs like Studio 54. Anyway, that’s just how I see it. Of course, there’s a lot more to Meisler’s photography than just 1970s disco and 1980s Bushwick, and we talk about a wide range of subjects on this episode of the B&H Photography Podcast.

Meisler’s latest book, New York PARADISE LOST Bushwick Era Disco, is a wonderful look back at two very different versions of New York. It juxtaposes images she took in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick and those in the clubs and discos of Manhattan. We speak about how photography starts conversations, and how we can feel more confident with a particular camera, whether medium format, FUJIFILM X series, or a Canon point-and-shoot. We also discuss editing and maintaining a large body of work over a period of decades, studying with Lisette Model, balancing a photography practice with a full-time job, and an upcoming exhibit of Meisler’s work to be held at the same public school at which she taught.

Join us for this uplifting conversation and check out Meisler’s extended exhibition at The Center for Photography at Woodstock, through September 15, 2021.

Guest: Meryl Meisler

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0:00.0	You're listening to the BNH Photography Podcast.
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0:08.9	more.
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0:15.5	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.7	Now here's your host, Alan White.
0:20.9	Greetings and welcome to the BNH Photography Podcast.
0:23.7	Today, John Harrison and I are excited to welcome photographer, Merle Meisler, to the
0:28.0	program.
0:29.0	It's going to be a great talk and not just about Merle's current book, New York Paradise
0:33.1	Lost, Bushwick, Ira Disco.
0:35.5	But we're going to be discussing something that many of us know a good deal about specifically
0:39.9	holding down a regular job while keeping a photography practice alive.
0:44.4	In Merle's case, she was a public school art teacher.
0:47.2	We're going to be talking about that.
0:49.2	We're also going to be talking about Merle's exhibit at the Center for Photography at Woodstock
0:52.7	about her incredible archive of images of New York City in the 70s and about studying
0:57.6	with Lizette Modell and whatever else comes up.
1:01.2	Merle, welcome to the show.
1:02.6	Thank you and I'm very happy to be here.
1:05.1	It's really, really great to have you here.
1:07.0	For those not familiar with Merle's work, her work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn
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