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joel meyerowitz in 2004 new york , new york , united states 6 march 1938 meyerowitz 271104 köln galeriezander.jpg joel meyerowitz
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joel meyerowitz

joel meyerowitz -lrb- born march 6 , 1938 -rrb- is a street photographer and portrait and landscape photographer .
he began photographing in color in 1962 and was an early advocate of the use of color during a time when there was significant resistance to the idea of color photography as serious art .
in the early 1970s he taught the first color course at the cooper union in new york city where many of today 's renowned color photographers studied with him .
