Jeff Mermelstein (born 1957)^[2] is an American photojournalist and street photographer, known for his work in New York City.

Life and work

Mermelstein lives in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, New York.^{[citation needed]}

Using the camera on an iPhone, he made a series of photographs of messages on people's phone screens in New York City.^[3] He began the series in October 2017 and published it periodically on Instagram, then as the book #nyc in 2020.^[3]

Publications

Books by Mermelstein

• SideWalk.
  • Stockport: Dewi Lewis, 1999. ISBN 1899235620.
  • Arles: Actes Sud, 1999. ISBN 2742725814.
  • Frankfurt: Umschau/Braus, 1999. ISBN 3829568231.
  • Side Walk: Per le strade di New York. Rome: Peliti, 1999. ISBN 8885121543.
• No Title Here. New York: powerHouse, 2003. ISBN 1576871703.
• Twirl×Run. New York: powerHouse, 2009. ISBN 1576875180.
• Arena. TBW, 2019. ISBN 978-1-942953-37-1. With an afterword by Robert Slifkin.
• Hardened. London: Mörel, 2019. ISBN 9781907071645. Edited by David Campany.
• #nyc. London: Mack, 2020. ISBN 978-1-912339-86-0.^[4][5]

Other books with contributions by Mermelstein

• Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren, eds. Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010; ISBN 0-500-54393-3 (English, hardback). London: Thames & Hudson, 2010; ISBN 2878113608 (French). London: Thames & Hudson, 2012; ISBN 0-500-28907-7 (English, paperback).

Awards

• 1991: Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship^[6]
• 1998: European Publishers Award for Photography^[7]

Exhibitions

Solo

• Color Photographs, Dance Theater Workshop Gallery; New York City, 1987^[1]
• Recent Color Photographs, The Camera Club of New York, New York City, 1991^[1]
• SideWalk, Italy, France, Ireland, Canada, 1999–2001^[1]
• Ground Zero, International Center of Photography, New York, 2002^[1]
• Jeff Mermelstein, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York City, 2006^[1]