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HELEN LEVITT
Born: New York 31 Aug 1913 – 29 March 2009
Was an early street photography who started shooting black and white in 40’s and 50’s and moved to colour in the 60’s through to the 80’s. In fact, she was like Joel Meyerowitz and early adopter of colour thanks to a Guggenheim grant, but most of these images were lost on a burglary.
Her pictures are mostly decisive moment and the colour give a real sense of place and draw the viewer into that time. Her Black and white images are very tradition candid of kids playing in contrast to her colour images they seem sombre but is that because of the lack of warmth and colour.
Reference
Levitt, H. (n.d.). Helen Levitt: New York Streets 1938 to 1990s – Photographs by Helen Levitt | LensCulture. [online] LensCulture. Available at: https://www.lensculture.com/articles/helen-levitt-helen-levitt-new-york-streets-1938-to-1990s [Accessed 25 Jan. 2018].