![]() The publication of his first collection, Early Color, by Steidl in 2006 inspired an avid “rediscovery” that has since led to worldwide exhibitions and the release of a documentary, In No Great Hurry: 13 Lessons in Life with Saul Leiter (2014). He pioneered a painterly approach to color photography in the 1940s and produced covers for fashion magazines such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar before largely withdrawing from public attention in the 1980s. Saul Leiter was born in 1923 in Pittsburgh. Some two hundred works-including early street photographs, images for advertising, nudes, and paintings-cover Leiter’s career from the 1940s onward, accompanied by quotations from the artist himself that express his singular worldview. Saul Leiters Ravishing Color Photographs of New York These previously unpublished selections of 35mm slides confirm and extend the stubborn singularity of Leiter’s color language. This collection takes a Japanese perspective into the secrets of his appeal, from his life philosophy and lyricism to masterful colors and compositions reminiscent of ukiyo-e. ![]() ![]() ![]() Photography lovers the world over are now embracing Saul Leiter, who has enjoyed a remarkable revival since fading into relative obscurity in the 1980s. An only-from-Japan exploration of the photographer’s art and philosophy. ![]()
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