Helen Levitt
(Brooklyn, New York, 1913 - 2009)
New York
1939 (printed c. 2001)
Gelatin silver print
7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Knight Purchase Fund for Photographic Media
2009.18
© Film Documents LLC, courtesy Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne
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Best known for documenting urban scenes in her native New York City, Levitt does not observe with a pitying eye. Instead, she shows the urban children she photographs as self-assured and creative. Levitt spent her career capturing daily dramas as they played out on the sidewalks, streets and front steps of the city.
Keywords
Children's playNew York
Black and White
Children
Photography
Masks
United States