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Helen Levitt

Title
Helen Levitt / edited by Walter Moser ; editing, Astrid Mahler, Walter Moser ; translations from German, Caroline Schmidt.
Author
Levitt, Helen
Publication
Heidelberg ; Berlin : Kehrer, [2018]

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Additional Authors
  • Moser, Walter, 1979-
  • Mahler, Astrid, 1972-
  • Schmidt, Caroline
  • Erzherzogliche Kunstsammlung Albertina, host institution.
Description
231 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 28 cm
Summary
Helen Levitt (1913-2009) numbers among the foremost exponents of street photography. As a passionate observer and chronicler of everyday street life in New York, she spent decades documenting residents of the city's poorer neighbourhoods such as Lower East Side and Harlem. Levitt's oeuvre stands out for her sense of dynamics and surrealistic sense of humour, and her employment of color photography was revolutionary: Levitt numbers among those photographers who pioneered and established color as a means of artistic expression. The book accompanying the retrospective of the Albertina Museum features around 130 of her iconic works. Many of these photos come from Helen Levitt's personal estate, and this exhibition represents their first-ever public showing. Exhibition: Albertina, Vienna, Austria (11.10.2018-27.01.2019).
Subject
  • Levitt, Helen > Exhibitions
  • Levitt, Helen
  • Street photography > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions
  • Photography, Artistic > Exhibitions
  • Poor > New York (State) > New York > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
  • New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Pictorial works > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at Albertina Museum, Vienna, October 12, 2018-January 27, 2019.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JQF 19-181
ISBN
  • 386828897X
  • 9783868288971
OCLC
1046070892
Author
Levitt, Helen, photographer.
Title
Helen Levitt / edited by Walter Moser ; editing, Astrid Mahler, Walter Moser ; translations from German, Caroline Schmidt.
Publisher
Heidelberg ; Berlin : Kehrer, [2018]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Moser, Walter, 1979- editor.
Mahler, Astrid, 1972- editor.
Schmidt, Caroline, translator.
Erzherzogliche Kunstsammlung Albertina, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 19-181
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