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.

Other books with contributions by Mermelstein Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren, eds. Street Photography Now. London: Thames & Hudson, 2010; (English, hardback). London: Thames & Hudson, 2010; (French). London: Thames & Hudson, 2012; (English, paperback).

Awards 1991: Aaron Siskind Foundation Individual Photographer's Fellowship 1998: European Publishers Award for Photography

Exhibitions 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