1901–1983 · United States · Photographer
Lisette Model
Frank, close-up street portraits with a blunt humanism.
Promenade des Anglais, 1934Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1913–2009 · UNITED STATES
Helen Levitt
Lyrical street photography of New York children and neighbourhoods, later in colour.
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 2009
- Country
- United States
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1948In the Street
- 1948The Quiet One
- 1965A Way of Seeing
WHY THEY MATTER
Included in MoMA's first photography exhibition (1939); solo MoMA show 1974; two Guggenheim grants for colour work; Academy Award nomination for The Quiet One.
THE LIFE
Levitt photographed the street life of New York, especially children at play in its poorer neighbourhoods. The Museum of Modern Art's new photography department included her work in its first show in 1939. She received Guggenheim grants in 1959 and 1960 for pioneering colour work. She also worked in film and shared an Academy Award nomination for The Quiet One.
WHAT THEY SHOT WITH
Leica, Contax (automatic)
Also born in 1900–1929
1902–1984 · United States · Photographer
Ansel Adams
Sharp black-and-white landscapes of the American West with full tonal range.
Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico, 1941Source: Wikipedia
1902–2002 · Mexico · Photographer
Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Poetic, quietly surreal views of Mexican life.
Striking Worker, Assassinated, 1934Source: Wikipedia
1903–1993 · Mexico · Photographer
Lola Alvarez Bravo
Modernist portraits and street pictures of postrevolutionary Mexico.
Galería de Arte Contemporáneo (Frida Kahlo exhibition), 1953Source: Wikipedia
1903–1975 · United States · Photographer
Walker Evans
Frontal, plain-spoken records of American vernacular life.
American Photographs, 1938Source: Wikipedia
1904–1983 · United Kingdom · Photographer
Bill Brandt
High-contrast social documentary, then distorted nudes and stark landscapes.
The English at Home, 1936Source: Wikipedia