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Helen Levitt was an American photographer best known for her iconic New York street photography. View Helen Levitt’s 697 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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.
Dec 23, 2007 · A photographer with an eye for what is human and intimate, Helen Levitt has never been a journalist. She does not shoot pictures of the city; there are no long shots, no architectural effects, no hints of melancholy. Helen Levitt observes this street tribe intuitively; she is at one with the gracefulness of the life that springs from the asphalt.
Levitt, Helen. A Way of Seeing: Photographs of New York.New York: Viking Press, 1965. p. 8. Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Photography between the Wars: Selections from the Ford Motor Company Collection."
Jul 12, 2024 · Helen Levitt began photographing New York City street scenes in the late 1930s. Her photographs capture the dynamism of the urban environment, with a specific eye to the unconsciously choreographed play-life of children. Levitt’s pictures address the interaction in the urban theatre, and in particular document the resourceful nature of children as they create entire […]
Helen Levitt was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1913. In the early 1930s she began her lifelong exploration of photography. Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans were among the first artists to encourage and support her work, and in 1938 she helped Evans make the prints for his landmark exhibition American Photographs.
Apr 29, 2023 · Helen Levitt (1913-2009) was an American photographer renowned for her pioneering work in street photography. Her candid, unposed images captured the essence of daily life in New York City, particularly in working-class neighborhoods.
