Jeff Mermelstein "Work Oeuvre Opera"
Rick Wester Fine Art
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As one would expect from Mermelstein, this group of pictures is hardly based on beauty, society, style or runways but rather, it is part of the photographer's ongoing investigation into the collision of the camera, human behavior and street interaction. Mermelstein, in his inimitable way, creates photographs that simultaneously describe the surface of the world and the intricacies of picture making with a psychological complexity only a New York street-savvy photographer could accomplish.
The photographs on exhibit were taken on assignment for New York Magazine over a six-week period with a significant portfolio of images published in the Spring Fashion Issue (February 21-28, 2011). Mermelstein has combined commercial, editorial and fine art photography as well as teaching and lecturing for over two decades and is no stranger to the intersection of art and commerce. In this case, his pictures function smoothly in both realms, although the edit offered here reflects the photographer's own idiosyncratic vision.
Mermelstein followed the taste making elite from New York to Paris to Milan, photographing runway shows, behind the scenes and in the streets surrounding the intricate and often ostentatious presentations. Not in the category of paparazzi, he had privileged access to all of fashion's leading figures, from the designers to the models to the audience. In New York he photographed designers' collections from Calvin Klein to Proenza Schouler. The Parisian collections ranged from Chanel to Alexander McQueen and in Milan, from Gucci to Prada.
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from May 05, 2011 to June 25, 2011