Fred R. Conrad Captures Joel Meyerowitz

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On Assignment: Photographing the Photographer

Would Rembrandt tell Picasso how to pose? What happens when one photographer — Fred R. Conrad — is sent on assignment to do do a portrait of not just any photographer, but Joel Meyerowitz, whose color work changed contemporary photography.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/photographing-the-photographer/

“Most of us are much more comfortable behind the lens,” said Fred R. Conrad, a New York Times staff photographer. “And to just sort of barge in on another photographer and tell him to pose … you feel kind of funny.”