Helen Levitt, a significant figure in street photography, focused on capturing the essence of New York's less affluent areas, like the Lower East Side and Harlem, throughout her career. Her work is distinguished by dynamic compositions and a surreal sense of humor, pioneering the use of color photography as an art form. The book, accompanying a retrospective at the Albertina Museum, includes approximately 130 iconic pieces, featuring her early photos of chalk drawings, 1941 images from Mexico, and New York subway portraits inspired by Walker Evans in 1938. Many images are showcased publicly for the first time from Levitt's personal estate.
