Helen Levitt, New York, USA 1942
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New York, c. 1971 By M. Darsie Alexander, excerpt from Slideshow: Projected Images in Contemporary Art, 2005 For most of her career, Levitt photographed in black and white, distilling her compositions into subtle gradations and contrasts. That all changed when she received a Guggenheim award in
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Helen Levitt was one of this century’s great photographers. Were I to say this about her great friend Walker Evans, it would seem like a ta…
Helen Levitt. New York. 1971. Chromogenic print, printed c. 2005. 11 15/16 × 10 1/16" (30.4 × 25.5 cm). Gift of Marvin Hoshino. 909.2014. © 2025 The Estate of Helen Levitt. Photography
Helen Levitt. New York. 1978. Chromogenic print. 18 × 11 15/16" (45.7 × 30.4 cm). Gift of Marvin Hoshino. 58.2006. © 2025 Film Documents LLC. Photography
New York art gallery specializing in the promotion and sale of vintage and contemporary fine art photography and photo-based art.
Though the photographs in Helen Levitt’s book A Way of Seeing (now in its third printing by Duke University Press) have long been regarded as classics of 20th century photography, a significant aspect of Levitt’s work from this period is relatively little known. It is also not commonly known that Levitt has continued to produce […]
Helen Levitt. New York. 1939. Gelatin silver print. 7 × 8 1/4" (17.8 × 20.9 cm). The Ben Schultz Memorial Collection. Gift of the photographer. 2703.1967. © 2025 Film Documents LLC. Photography
Signed, titled and dated verso in pencil. Illus: A Way of Seeing, p. 18; Crosstown, p.66
Helen Levitt, who apprenticed with Walker Evans in the subways, learned a thing or two about clandestine portraits.
A retrospective exhibition in Paris, and two recent books, confirm that Helen Levitt is one of the most important street photographers of the 20th century
Helen Levitt. Walker Evans, New York. c. 1940. Gelatin silver print, printed c. 1982. 7 9/16 × 5 1/8" (19.2 × 13 cm). Gift of William H. Levitt. 86.1984. © 2025 Film Documents LLC. Photography
A retrospective of the US street photographer overturns conventional wisdom about her work, revealing it as political and human
And other photography shows in New York
