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Through the Eyes of Saul Leiter
The current exhibition at the Leica Gallery in Frankfurt is dedicated to the work of Saul Leiter (1923–2013). Saul Leiter's sensitive black and white images, as well as his pioneer work in early colour photography, have left their mark on the history of the medium. Frankfurt Leica gallerist Alina Hofmann met for an interview with Margit Erb and Michael Parillo of the Saul Leiter Foundation in New York. The sat down together at Leiter’s former studio.
Rencontres d’Arles 2023
The photography festival Rencontres d’Arles, this year’s iteration now drawing to a close, is one not to be missed by admirers of the medium Benjamin Blake Evemy / MutualArt Sep 22, 2023 The Rencontres d’Arles is one of the most illustrious photography festivals in the world.
In No Great Hurry | 13 Lessons In Life With Saul Leiter
In his studio, at home in the Lower East Side, Saul Leiter talks to director Tomas Leach about his family history, his first camera, his beginnings in fashion, and what drives him. A master of colour, he begins taking slides when everyone else is focused on monochrome. His painter's eye leads him towards photographic abstraction, an eye that conveyed an incomparable sense of colour and composition.
Portfolio: Saul Leiter’s New York
Photograph from Saul Leiter Estate / Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery When Leiter agreed to work for Harper’s Bazaar, in 1958, he said, with characteristic modesty, “I thought that maybe fashion was something I could do.” All he needed was the mix of glamour and drama he brought to this untitled image, photographed circa 1955. When the photographer Saul Leiter died, in 2013, just shy of his ninetieth birthday, his East Village apartment was stacked with boxes of pictures.
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Saul Leiter: 1950-60s color and black-and-white
Saul Leiter started shooting color and black-and-white street photography in New York in the 1940s. He had no formal training in photography, but the genius of his early work was quickly acknowledged by Edward Steichen, who included Leiter in two important MoMA shows in the 1950s. MoMA’s 1957 conference “Experimental Photography in Color” featured 20 color photographs by Leiter. After that, however, Leiter’s personal color photography was, for the most part, not shared with the public.
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