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Fiftieth-anniversary reissue of Joel Meyerowitz's 'Cape Light'

publication · 2026-04-22

Aperture has released a fiftieth-anniversary edition of Joel Meyerowitz's seminal photobook 'Cape Light', featuring entirely remastered prints from new digital scans. The original 1978 publication captured Meyerowitz's shift from street photography to large-format color work on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The new edition includes a preface by the artist and is accompanied by a limited-edition print sale through July 21. Meyerowitz describes the work as a meditative departure from urban chaos, influenced by Edward Hopper's focus on sunlight.

Key facts

  • Fiftieth-anniversary reissue of 'Cape Light' by Joel Meyerowitz
  • Published by Aperture
  • Features entirely remastered prints from new digital scans
  • Original edition published in 1978
  • Limited-edition prints available through July 21
  • Meyerowitz shifted from 35mm street photography to 8x10 view camera
  • Photographs taken on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Meyerowitz cites Edward Hopper as influence

Entities

Artists

Institutions

  • Aperture
  • Howard Greenberg Gallery
  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • Deutscher Fotobuchpreis
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
  • Harvard University
  • Royal Photographic Society Journal
  • New York Journal of Books
  • Travel + Leisure
  • Slate

Locations

  • Cape Cod
  • Massachusetts
  • New York
  • Provincetown
  • Truro
  • Italy
  • Newton, Massachusetts
  • Boston

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