Saul Leiter (1923 - 2013) - photo 1

Saul Leiter

Saul Leiter was an American photographer and fashion photographer, one of the pioneers of what was later called the New York School of Photographers in the 1940s and 1950s.

Saul Leiter began doing color and black-and-white street photography in New York City in the 1940s. He had no formal training in photography, but the genius of his early work was quickly recognized. His main subjects were street scenes and his small circle of friends. Leiter made a huge and unique contribution to photography during his prolific period in New York in the 1950s. His abstract forms and radically innovative compositions have a painterly quality that stands out among the work of his New York School contemporaries. His sense of color and densely compressed urban life represents a truly unique vision of those times. Leiter is now considered a pioneer of early color photography and is noted as one of the outstanding figures in postwar photography.

For 20 years Leiter also worked as a fashion photographer and was published in leading fashion magazines.

Date and place of birt:3 december 1923, Pittsburgh, USA
Date and place of death:26 november 2013, New York City, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Artist, Photographer
Art school / group:New York School
Genre:Documentary photography, Street Photography
Art style:Post War Art, Color photo, Fashion photography, Contemporary art

Creators USA

Suzan Pitt (1943 - 2019)
Suzan Pitt
1943 - 2019
Bernhard Gutmann (1869 - 1936)
Bernhard Gutmann
1869 - 1936
Gabriel Laderman (1929 - 2011)
Gabriel Laderman
1929 - 2011
Paul Burlin (1886 - 1969)
Paul Burlin
1886 - 1969
Anne Collier (1970)
Anne Collier
1970
John Marshall Gamble (1863 - 1957)
John Marshall Gamble
1863 - 1957
Kenzo Okada (1902 - 1982)
Kenzo Okada
1902 - 1982
Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969)
Ben Shahn
1898 - 1969
Achille Peretti (1857 - 1923)
Achille Peretti
1857 - 1923
Patricia van Dalen (1955)
Patricia van Dalen
1955
Paul McCarthy (1945)
Paul McCarthy
1945
Ivan Meštrović (1883 - 1962)
Ivan Meštrović
1883 - 1962
Rafael Soriano (1920 - 2015)
Rafael Soriano
1920 - 2015
Randy Dudley (1950)
Randy Dudley
1950
Dan (Daniel Cody) Muller (1889 - 1976)
Dan (Daniel Cody) Muller
1889 - 1976
John Goodwin Lyman (1886 - 1967)
John Goodwin Lyman
1886 - 1967

Creators Color photo

Catherine Meurisse (1980)
Catherine Meurisse
1980
Romain Gary (1914 - 1980)
Romain Gary
1914 - 1980
David Driskell (1931 - 2020)
David Driskell
1931 - 2020
Ernst Schaumann II (1890 - 1955)
Ernst Schaumann II
1890 - 1955
Sören Hjorth-Nielsen (1901 - 1983)
Sören Hjorth-Nielsen
1901 - 1983
Friedrich Eduard Traffelet (1897 - 1954)
Friedrich Eduard Traffelet
1897 - 1954
Hanne Darboven (1941 - 2009)
Hanne Darboven
1941 - 2009
Vladimir Nikolaevich Gorislavtsev (1939)
Vladimir Nikolaevich Gorislavtsev
1939
William Wegman (1943)
William Wegman
1943
Bo Christian Larsson (1976)
Bo Christian Larsson
1976
Claes Oldenburg (1929 - 2022)
Claes Oldenburg
1929 - 2022
Nick Evans (1976)
Nick Evans
1976
KlausKlaus Jürgen-Fischer (1930 - 2017)
KlausKlaus Jürgen-Fischer
1930 - 2017
Sarah Johanna Eick (1974)
Sarah Johanna Eick
1974
Bunny Rogers (1990)
Bunny Rogers
1990
William Klein (1928 - 2022)
William Klein
1928 - 2022
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