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Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) [1] [2] was an American photographer and cinematographer. She was particularly noted for her street photography around New York City.
Helen Levitt (1913–2009) was a pioneer of candid photography, capturing the everyday life of New Yorkers with a keen eye and a poetic sensibility. Explore her works, exhibitions, publications, and biography at MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art.
Mar 29, 2009 · Learn about Helen Levitt, a pioneer of Street Photography and avant-garde filmmaking who captured the spontaneity and surrealism of New York City life. Explore her biography, accomplishments, and important artworks that blur the lines between reality and fantasy.
- American
- August 31, 1913
- Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York
- March 29, 2009
Mar 30, 2009 · Ms. Levitt was a major photographer of the 20th century who caught fleeting moments of surpassing lyricism, mystery and quiet drama on the streets of her native New York.
Helen Levitt (born August 31, 1913, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died March 29, 2009, New York) was an American street photographer and filmmaker whose work captures the bustle, squalor, and beauty of everyday life in New York City. Levitt began her career in photography at age 18 working in a portrait studio in the Bronx.
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Mar 30, 2009 · Helen Levitt, a giant of 20th century photography whose scenes of New York City street life provide a window into a vanished era, has died. She was 95.Levitt died Sunday in her sleep in her ...
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A photograph by Helen Levitt, an influential street photographer, capturing the everyday life and wit of New York in 1938. The Met's collection of photographs spans the history of photography from its invention to the present.
