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"Fed by thrilling recent discoveries from the vast archive of US-American photographer Saul LEITER, 'In My Room' provides an in-depth study of the nude, through intimate photographs of the women he knew. Showing deeply personal interior spaces, often illuminated by the lush natural light of the artist’s studio in New York City’s East Village, these black-and-white images reveal the unique collaboration between Leiter and his subjects.
In the 1970s, he planned to make a book of his nudes, but never realized the project in his lifetime. Now we are granted a first-time look at this body of work, which Saul LEITER began on his arrival in New York in 1946 and chipped away at over the next two decades. The photographer, who was also a painter, incorporates abstract elements into these photographs and often shows the influence of his favorite artists, including Bonnard, Vuillard and Matisse. The prolific Saul LEITER, who painted and took pictures fervently up to his death, worked in relative obscurity well into his eighties. He preferred solitude in life, and resisted any type of explanation or analysis of his work. With 'In My Room', Saul LEITER ushers viewers into his private world while retaining his strong sense of mystery." (© Steidl Verlag, 2018)