JOEL MEYEROWITZ

The beach town of Provincetown, Massachusetts, has long been defined by outsiders. A safe haven for the queer community and a getawa y for artists, it is a place defined by openness and tolerance. Throughout the late 1970s and early '80s, Meyerowitz spent his summe rs there, roaming the seaside with an 8-by-10 camera, making observed portraits of families, couples, children, artists, and denizen s of the progressive community. A cast of characters appear and reappear from season to season against a picturesque backdrop of sea , sand, ...[Read more]