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Background information
2nd print run. Catalog volume that was also published in English on the occasion of the retrospective exhibitions in London and New York City.
"As a passionate observer and chronicler of New York street life, Helen LEVITT has been photographing the residents of poorer districts such as the Lower Eastside and Harlem since the 1930s. With an eye for surreal and ironic details, she has captured people in dynamic compositions for many decades. Her unsentimental imagery opens up a humorous and theatrical drama beyond moral and social documentary clichés. Helen LEVITT established color as an artistic means of expression as early as 1959 and is thus one of the earliest representatives of 'New Color Photography'. " (Publisher's text, © Kehrer Verlag, 2020)
Content
This photo catalog contains around 130 of her most famous works. Some pictures come from Helen LEVITT's personal estate and were presented to the public for the first time.
About the photographer, Helen LEVITT (1913-2009)
Photo books by Helen LEVITT
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Albertina Wien, Text: Walter Moser
- Format
- GERMAN ED.! HC with obi (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 27 cm., 232 pp., 203 b/w & 34 color ills.., text language: English