Great Black and White Photographers Part 2

             
             My favorite black and white photographer was Helen Levitt. Helen was born on August 31, 1913 in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up in Brooklyn with her mom and dad. In 1931, Helen dropped out of high school and began working for a commercial portrait photographer in the Bronx. Art was something that always interested Helen, but she could not draw. Soon after, the Julian Levy Gallery opened up photography as an art for her, and it immediately caught her attention. She then became an art teacher for children, but was still interested in photography. After buying a camera, she took photos of some chalk drawings outside on a public sidewalk. Over the next few weeks, Helen began investing in street photography. Many people were outside from lack of air conditioning, so the opportunities for street photography were better. Her work was first published in 1939 in one of the Fortune Magazine's issues. In 1946, she was given a grant from the Museum of Modern Art. Later, she received two more grants for her work in color photography. A Way of Seeing was the title of her first major collection that was published in 1965. In the 1990's, Helen gave up color photography in exchange for black and white photography, because she felt more comfortable using it. On March 29, 2009, Helen died in her sleep due to many issues along with old age. Many people say that Helen Levitt was the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time.


http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/Helen-Levitt.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Levitt






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