He worked in the dark, but now Saul Leiter is recognized as a true photography pioneer
Saul Leiter, Footprints, vol. 1950 – detail – Saul Leiter Foundation In 1947, when 24-year-old Saul Leiter first saw Henri Cartier-Bresson’s prints at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, photographers were happy to be considered photographers. Today’s longed-for ideal is the “artist” or the “artist who uses a camera”. But if Leiter is a consummate… Read More »