Helen Levitt

(1913-2009)

    Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City. David Levi Strauss described her as "the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time."

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    Projects

    Image courtesy of MOCA.
    A Way of Seeing

    Spontaneous moments of childhood play intertwined with the daily rhythms of working-class street life in 1930s and 1940s New York City.

    Books

    A Way of Seeing

    (Buchhandlung Walther König, 2020)

    Helen Levitt

    (Kehrer Verlag, 2018)

    Helen Levitt

    (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1991)

    Helen Levitt

    (powerHouse Books, 2008)

    Helen Levitt

    (Thames & Hudson, 2021)

    Helen Levitt

    (Actes Sud, 2021)

    Helen Levitt: In the Street

    (Duke University Press, 1987)

    Helen Levitt: New York

    (MOMA, 2021)

    One, Two, Three, More

    (powerHouse Books, 2017)