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Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) [1] [2] was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City. David Levi Strauss described her as "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time."
Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City. David Levi Strauss described her as "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time."
Mar 30, 2009 · Helen Levitt, a major photographer of the 20th century who caught fleeting moments of surpassing lyricism, mystery and quiet drama on the streets of her native New York, died in her sleep at her...
Mar 29, 2009 · Helen Levitt is known for her spontaneous photographs that blur the lines between the theatrical fantasy and the gritty reality of New York City.
Aug 27, 2024 · Helen Levitt was an American street photographer and filmmaker whose work captures the bustle, squalor, and beauty of everyday life in New York City. Levitt began her career in photography at age 18 working in a portrait studio in the Bronx.
Born and raised in New York, Helen Levitt has made most of her photographs in the city's streets. Her interest in photography began in 1931; she learned darkroom technique while working for a portrait photographer, and by age sixteen had decided to become a professional photographer.
Helen Levitt was an American photographer best known for her iconic New York street photography. View Helen Levitt’s 707 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Jan 16, 2019 · Jan. 16, 2019. New York City’s doorways, storefronts and cascading fire escapes were the grand backdrop to Helen Levitt’s photos. In the Lower East Side and Harlem, children pretended to be bride...
Observing public spaces as if they were stage sets, Levitt unobtrusively photographed personal dramas and mundane moments, often capturing surreal juxtapositions of people, places, and things. She was particularly fascinated by the imaginative play and athletic movements of children.
An expert at capturing the enigmatic ballet of her neighborhood's myriad subcultures—the world of children, the coffee klatches of women on stoops, the gangs of young men lounging on the corners—Levitt was one of the more influential and elusive members of New York's community of postwar street photographers.
