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Helen Levitt Dies At 95

Zoltan Arva-Toth | Photographers | March 30, 2009 | 2 Comments
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Helen Levitt, an American master of street photography, passed away peacefully yesterday. Levitt was born on 31 August, 1913, started to work for a commercial portrait photographer in 1931, and purchased her first Leica in 1936, not long after an encounter with Henri Cartier-Bresson. She went on to become famous for her street photographs of New York City, including poorer neighbourhoods such as Spanish Harlem. Although she liked black and white, Levitt was one of the first truly gifted street photographers to use colour film from 1959 onward.

Website: Obituary in The New York Times



 

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#1 jo

may god keep her soul

2:46 pm - Monday, March 30, 2009

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Thanks for the story. Another great thing NPR does is remind us of the unnoticed great people in our lives. Helen was one of those, her vision will be missed.

9:48 am - Friday, January 29, 2010

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