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Forever Saul Leiter
- Thames & Hudson +
- by Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter remained relatively unsung until he was rediscovered by curators and critics in his early 80s, and his work has been drastically re-evaluated over the last two decades. LeiterÆs painterly images evoked the flow and rhythm of life on the mid-century streets of New York in luminous colour, at a time when his contemporaries were shooting in black and white. His complex and impressionistic photogr
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| Publisher | Thames & Hudson + |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780500296431 |
| Author(s) | Saul Leiter |
| Publication date | January 2022 |
| Edition | Paperback with flaps |
| Dimensions | 210 x 148 mm |
| Illustrations | throughout col. & bw ill. |
| Pages | 296 |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
A new collection of Saul Leiter's work, much of it published here for the first time.
Saul Leiter remained relatively unsung until he was rediscovered by curators and critics in his early 80s, and his work has been drastically re-evaluated over the last two decades. LeiterÆs painterly images evoked the flow and rhythm of life on the mid-century streets of New York in luminous colour, at a time when his contemporaries were shooting in black and white. His complex and impressionistic photographs are as much about evoking an atmosphere as nailing the decisive moment.
In recent years, Leiter has been in the spotlight more and more with a series of exhibitions and publications. His studio in New York's East Village, where he had lived since 1952 until his death in 2013, is now the home of the Saul Leiter Foundation. The foundation has begun a full-scale survey and organization of his more than 80,000 works, with the aim of compiling the æcompleteÆ archive. This volume contains works d