Helen Levitt
Union Pacific Railroad, ca. 1940
In 2000, the Laurence Miller Gallery produced a compelling group of 10 of Helen Levitt’s lyrical …
Once called “the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time,” Helen Levitt gained wide renown in her prime for her street photography in New York City. Associating early in her career with Walker Evans, Levitt would receive several solo exhibitions of her work in the years surrounding WWII, as well as a second wave of recognition in the 1960s. Though best known for her black-and-white images, Levitt received two Guggenheim Fellowships to document New York with color photographs. She was also an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker.
In 2000, the Laurence Miller Gallery produced a compelling group of 10 of Helen Levitt’s lyrical and humorous images of children’s chalk drawings and graffiti. Produced approximately life-sized, and in a limited edition of 7 plus 3 artist’s proofs, these are the only Levitt’s ever to be published this large, and in a …
Once called “the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time,” Helen Levitt gained wide renown in her prime for her street photography in New York City. Associating early in her career with Walker Evans, Levitt would receive several solo exhibitions of her work in the years surrounding WWII, as well as a second wave of recognition in the 1960s. Though best known for her black-and-white images, Levitt received two Guggenheim Fellowships to document New York with color photographs. She was also an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker.
