Book blurb:

This acclaimed book of color photographs of Cape Cod is back in print in a new, expanded edition, including seven additional photographs from Joel Meyerowitz's continuing body of work on the outer Cape.
Originally published in 1979 to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cape Light quickly became a classic and one of the most influential color photography books published in the latter part of the twentieth century. These exquisitely printed photographs, taken "out near, the tip, where it is just a finger of land in the ocean and the light is the ocean's light, opalescent and eloquent," capture the unique juncture of sky, sea, tiny figures on a and land that is Cape Cod. Everyday scenes - deserted beach, a porch railing against a storm-darkened sky, a blue raft leaning on a summer cottage are transformed by the poignant light of the Cape and the photographer's subtle and luminous vision.
Joel Meyerowitz is known for his large-format color work, as published in Cape Light, A Summer's Day, Bay/Sky, and other books. He began his career as a street photographer and is the co-author of Bystander: A History of Street Photography. His work has been exhibited at many museums. In 1998 he produced his first feature film, the much-heralded POP, a visual diary of a trip he made with his son and aged father, who had Alzheimer's disease. Most recently, Meyerowitz has photographed on a daily basis at ground zero to make a lasting record of the tragic aftermath of September 11 for the Archive of the Museum of the City of New York.