Jeff Mermelstein

Jeff Mermelstein (born 1957) 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.

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

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.

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
 * 1998: European Publishers Award for Photography

Solo

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