Jeff Mermelstein (born 1957) is an American photojournalist and

street photographer Street photography (also sometimes called candid photography) is photography conducted for art or enquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places. Although there is a difference between street and ca ...

, known for his work in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

Life and work

Mermelstein lives in

Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn Greenwood Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, named partially after the adjacent Green-Wood Cemetery. Greenwood Heights is a part of Brooklyn Community District 7 along with Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park and South ...

, 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.

Publications

Books by Mermelstein

*''SideWalk.'' **Stockport:

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, 1999. . **Arles:

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, 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

*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).

Awards

*1991: Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship *1998: European Publishers Award for PhotographyPrevious winners
", European Publishers Award for Photography. Accessed 1 May 2014.

Exhibitions

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

References

External links

Mermelstein's Instagram
1957 births Living people American photographers Street photographers Artists from New Brunswick {{US-photographer-stub