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29 de mar. de 2009 · Helen Levitt is known for her spontaneous photographs that blur the lines between the theatrical fantasy and the gritty reality of the working-class neighborhoods of New York City. A pioneer of Street Photography, Levitt's personal and humanizing approach transformed the conventions of the genre. Levitt rejected the idea established by her ...
Helen Levitt (* 31. August 1913 in Brooklyn, New York City; † 29. März 2009 ebenda) war eine US-amerikanische Fotografin und Filmemacherin. Sie zählte zu den wichtigsten Vertretern der New Yorker Street Photography. Ihre bevorzugten Motive waren Kinder, die auf der Straße spielen, und das Alltagsleben in den Straßen der ärmeren Stadtviertel.
2 de abr. de 2009 · The work of the New York photographer Helen Levitt, who has died aged 95, is at once unique and typical, born of the flowering of "documentary expressionism" in 1930s America. She combined a ...
1913 – 2009 ABOUT Helen Levitt (1913-2009) began photographing street scenes in her native city of New York in the late 1930s. Her photographs capture the life of the urban setting and especially of the children playing in the streets. In the mid 1930s, Levitt met Henri Cartier-Bresson and Walker Evans and she helped Evans… Continue reading →
30 de mar. de 2009 · Helen Levitt was born on Aug. 31, 1913, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Her father, Sam, a Russian-Jewish immigrant, ran a successful wholesale knit-goods business; her mother, May, was a bookkeeper ...
Helen Levitt (1913-2009) fue una fotógrafa perteneciente a la conocida como escuela de Nueva York, todos con orígenes judíos, y caracterizados por una fotografía de calle directa y aséptica. En el caso de Levitt, despuntó del resto por sus fotografías de la infancia en las calles de la gran manzana que conformaron una exposición en el ...
Born and raised in New York, Helen Levitt has made most of her photographs in the city's streets. Her interest in photography began in 1931; she learned darkroom technique while working for a portrait photographer, and by age sixteen had decided to become a professional photographer. She was especially inspired by the photographs of Walker ...