Leiter did not any type of explanation of analysis of his work. He was, as always, in no particular hurry. And I am not so sure he ever wanted these images to amount to much, although he during the 1970’s planned to make a book of all these images, but it never amounted to anything.
I think it is anyone’s guess why Saul shot in black and white for these images, but it enabled him to develop the films himself in the studio. Rather, it is filled with black and white pictures, almost entirely shot in Saul Leiter’s apartment in Manhattan. And on top of all this, he also worked for many years as a fashion photographer – Harper’s Bazaar, just to mention one. Some of his work is painted nudes, where he combines photography and painting. And you may also know that he also was a painter, and started out as a painter before venturing into photography. You probably know Saul Leiter as the street photographer, one of the pioneers in using colors in street photography and considered part of the New York school of photography. The Ilford HP5 film to the right just to give a sense of size of the book. Book review Saul Leiter In My Room, Edited by Margit Erb and Robert Benton.
0 kommentar(er)
