TCF Ep. 430 - Jeff Mermelstein

The Candid Frame: Conversations on Photography

Ibarionex R. Perello

Cameras, Art, Photoshop, Visual Arts, Career, Interviews, Photographers, Arts, Photography, Photo, Digital

4.8 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Mermelstein was born in 1957 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and studied at Rutgers College and the International Center of Photography. His career combines personal photographs with assignments for publications such as LIFE, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. In the tradition of other photographers such as Helen Levitt, he has photographed street life in New York City extensively as well as September 11th and its aftermath. His works are held by institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago; the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House; and the New York Public Library. He has received the Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer’s Fellowship and the European Publishers Award for Photography. Mermelstein has taught at the International Center of Photography since 1988. Resources: Workshops and Apps Download the free Candid Frame app for your favorite smart device. Click here to download for . Click here to download Support the work we do at The Candid Frame with contributing to our Patreon effort. You can do this by visiting or visiting the website and clicking on the Patreon button. You can also provide a one-time donation via . You can follow Ibarionex on and .

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0:00.0	Help support The Candid Frame in bringing you awesome conversations with great photographers.
0:05.0	You can do this by contributing as little as $2 a month to our Patreon campaign.
0:10.0	That modest donation helps us to bring a quality show to you every week.
0:15.0	Contribute today by visiting patreon.com forward slash the candid frame.
0:29.4	This is E. Body an X and this is The Candid Frame.
0:37.9	When I first began this show, 12 and a half years ago,
0:41.6	I had a short list of photographers I wanted to sit down and talk with.
0:46.5	I've been lucky in that I have succeeded in doing that on several occasions,
0:51.5	even as my short list seems to get longer and longer.
0:56.0	One of the names on that original list was Jeff Murmolstein.
1:00.2	Though his name may not be easily recognized by the average person, among photographers,
1:06.1	Jeff is known for his amazing talent and breadth of work.
1:10.2	Some of you may have discovered him for the first time
1:12.5	while watching the documentary Everybody Street, which examined the long history of New York
1:18.3	Street photography. But many of us discovered Jeff through his first book, Sidewalk, a collection
1:24.4	of his New York Street photography. He brings an insightful and whimsical eye to the genre,
1:30.9	which continues to this day as he embraces both a smartphone and Instagram.
1:35.9	I'm so pleased to finally have him as a guest on the show,
1:39.7	and I hope that this conversation leads you to discover even more about Jeff Murmolstein.
1:51.8	Thank you for making time for me.
1:53.4	I have to tell you, you've been on my shortlist for a very long time of people who I've wanted to interview for the show because I have loved your work.
2:01.9	You know, I know you haven't done a lot of interviews in the past.
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