2024年2月22日 · Leiter, who died in 2013, is now recognized as one of the great color photographers of the 20th century, a pioneer who embraced — and experimented with — color slide film when most professional...

2022年2月4日 · Saul Leiter's innovative approach to color photography and his ability to find beauty in the mundane have left a lasting impact on the world of street photography. His work has inspired countless photographers, and his contribution to the development of color photography as a serious art form cannot be overstated.

Leiter began experimenting with color photography in New York in the late 1940s, using slide film such as Kodachrome. The 2006 release of his first monograph, Early Color, revealed radically innovative compositions and a groundbreaking mastery of color that permanently changed the history of photography. Though Leiter sometimes defended the use ...

2021年11月28日 · Saul continues to laud with his vision for warm colors and peculiar street captures. The essence of art and minimalism in every vertical frame of his photographs shows us his vision. He tends not to be in any hurry for he has …

2020年1月14日 · As New York’s famous mid-century photographers set out to capture the city in shades of black and gray, Saul Leiter rendered its unassuming details in expressive color. Using temperamental expired film, Leiter saw the streets in sharp punches of …

2016年2月16日 · Saul Leiter (1923-2013) was an American photographer best known for his pioneering role in the use of color photography. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to an Orthodox Jewish...

2021年4月26日 · The Nabis movement embraced concepts that Saul Leiter appeared to have carried over into his photography. As we will see in the section below regarding his photographic techniques, Saul was often attracted by bold colours, flattened and abnormal perspectives, which were common among the work of Les Nabis.

2024年9月20日 · Leiter made a huge and unique contribution to photography with a highly prolific period in New York City in the 1950s. His abstracted forms and radically innovative compositions have a painterly quality that stands out among the work of his New York School contemporaries.

2020年12月15日 · He started shooting black & white and color street photography in the 1940s and by the 1960s was well knows as a fashion photographer. However, in his spare time, he still continued to explore the streets of New York City and Paris creating exceptional images.

Saul Leiter’s legacy lies in his unique vision and pioneering use of color in photography. His work, marked by its lyrical quality and emotional depth, has influenced countless photographers and remains a seminal reference for those exploring the boundaries between photography and …