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There is a vibrance, a joy, and a love for photography that one feels when speaking with Meryl Meisler.\\xa0 It\\u2019s also very cool that by day she was a high school art teacher in Brooklyn and, by night, dancing and photographing at legendary clubs like Studio 54. Anyway, that\\u2019s just how I see it. Of course, there\\u2019s a lot more to Meisler\\u2019s photography than just 1970s disco and 1980s Bushwick, and we talk about a wide range of subjects on this episode of the B&H Photography Podcast.
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Meisler\\u2019s latest book, New York PARADISE LOST Bushwick Era Disco, is a wonderful look back at two very different versions of New York. It juxtaposes images she took in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick and those in the clubs and discos of Manhattan. We speak about how photography starts conversations, and how we can feel more confident with a particular camera, whether medium format, FUJIFILM X series, or a Canon point-and-shoot. We also discuss editing and maintaining a large body of work over a period of decades, studying with Lisette Model, balancing a photography practice with a full-time job, and an upcoming exhibit of Meisler\\u2019s work to be held at the same public school at which she taught.
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Join us for this uplifting conversation and check out Meisler\\u2019s extended exhibition at The Center for Photography at Woodstock, through September 15, 2021.
Guest: Meryl Meisler
Photograph \\xa9 Meryl Meisler
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