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.
A retrospective of the US street photographer overturns conventional wisdom about her work, revealing it as political and human
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.
A new photo book is celebrating the work of American street photographer Helen Levitt, known especially for candid images of young people at play.
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 tautology, rather like saying that Shakespeare was an important writer. Readers can judge for themselves why this should be the case, why one should need to say this about Helen.
At the end of World War II, Helen Levitt, assisted by Janice Loeb and James Agee, shot In the Street in East Harlem. This broth of the New York life closely brought together frame portraits and street scenes, showing its "poor" populations, transforming the pavement into their "playgrounds, their theatres".
Indissociablement liée à New York, Helen Levitt a abondamment photographié la vie quotidienne et les enfants de Harlem, de Brooklyn et du Lower East Side. Au début des années 1930, elle travaille chez un photographe portraitiste dans le Bronx, mais ce sont ses rencontres avec...
Brooklyn-born Helen Levitt was teaching art to children when she bought herself a camera to document the chalk drawings they were sketching on New York’s streets. Her works were influential but she struggled to make a living in her lifetime
Presentamos una galería especial con imágenes de la fotógrafa estadounidense Helen Levitt.
Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer. She was particularly noted for "street photography" around New York City, and has been called "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time." ASX ARTIST CHANNEL: HELEN LEVITT (All images @ and courte
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.
Learn more about American street photographer Helen Levitt and what NYC gallery is featuring her work next month.
A retrospective of the US street photographer overturns conventional wisdom about her work, revealing it as political and human
A retrospective of the US street photographer overturns conventional wisdom about her work, revealing it as political and human
Helen Levitt - Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson
Laurence Miller Gallery présente Helen Levitt: Five Decades, mettant en vedette des tirages vintages remis par Levitt à James Agee et à sa famille entre
