Saul Leiter

Today his photography is acclaimed by film directors and museum curators. So why were Leiter’s poetic images of New York ignored by the art world for decades?

Unknown Woman Eating Unknown Food (Tribute To Saul Leiter), by atacart

Package by Saul Leiter

The exhibition is a cooperation with the House of Photography / Deichtorhallen Hamburg and is curated by Ingo Taubhorn and Brigitte Woischnik.

Saul Leiter (born 1923) is an American photographer and painter whose early work in the 1940s and 1950s was an important contribution to what came to be recognized as The New York School. Saul Leiter was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was a well known Talmud scholar and Saul studied to become a Rabbi. At age 23, however, he left theology school and moved to New York City to become an artist. He had developed an early interest in painting and was fortunate to meet the Abstract…

Saul Leiter. Party. c. 1950. Gelatin silver print. 13 1/4 × 9 3/4" (33.7 × 24.8 cm). Gift of the Estate of Saul Leiter. 329.2016. © 2024 Estate of Saul Leiter. Photography

Saul Leiter (1923-2013) found warmth in the rain and snow falling on New York City. Leiter was 23 when he left his native Pittsburgh for New York. The Rabbi’s s

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“I may be old-fashioned. But I believe there is such a thing as a search for beauty – a delight in the nice things in the world. And I don’t think one should have to apologize for it.” – Saul Leiter Saul Leiter (1923-2013) found warmth in the rain and snow falling on … Continue reading "Seeing Beauty In A Cold and Wet New York City With Saul Leiter"