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Jeff Mermelstein | It's Nice That Jeff Mermelstein, Vivian Mayer, Street Photography Ideas, Jamel Shabazz, Helen Levitt, Vivid Photography, Joel Meyerowitz, Street Portraits, Old Nyc

A photographer with a direct and distinct vision, Jeff Mermelstein can grab your attention and hold you in that one instant of happenstance which everyone else missed. Once described as "an absurdist with a sense of humour" it is easy to connect to "funny humanity" but harder to refine on the dramatic composition and impossible light which seems to recall divine intervention rather than street-style spontaneity. Mermelstein is a bit of a legend in the field with his images appearing in…

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Jeff Mermelstein. “When you’re out in the street, it is a matter of getting in a certain type of groove. You don’t even think about it, you see it and you do it. It’s gotta be quick, because if you don’t do it quick, then its gone. That’s the worst. At least have a try at it. So what you usually find is that at least for me, you don’t really think too much. You don’t have to think about it. Its just like this quick thing, like boom boom boom. It’s instinct, you just do it" Jeff Mermelstein, Famous Street Photographers, 70s New York, Queensboro Bridge, Street Portraits, Work In New York, Times Magazine, New York Times Magazine, School Of Visual Arts

Jeff Mermelstein. “When you’re out in the street, it is a matter of getting in a certain type of groove. You don’t even think about it, you see it and you do it. It’s gotta be quick, because if you don’t do it quick, then its gone. That’s the worst. At least have a try at it. So what you usually find is that at least for me, you don’t really think too much. You don’t have to think about it. Its just like this quick thing, like boom boom boom. It’s instinct, you just do it"

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Jeff Mermelstein — Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts Jeff Mermelstein, Streets Of New York, Sky News, After All This Time, All This Time, October 1, October 31, New York Street, Street Photo

Jeff Mermelstein October 1, 1998 - October 31, 1998 For 17 years now, I have been photographing on the streets of New York City almost on a daily basis. After all this time, I still remain fascinated by the life on New York's sidewalks. When I photograph, I try to express the irony, the humor, or

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