Saul Leiter remains one of the most iconic photographers of his generation. In his passing, Leiter left behind a lasting legacy and life’s work, including some of the finest examples of street photography to have ever been produced.

Jun 12, 2024 · Photographer Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013) is remembered in Saul Leiter: The Centennial Retrospective, a monograph from Thames and Hudson. The books features many of Leiter’s most gorgeous pictures, not least of all the street photograph above of a woman sat at a cafe in Paris in 1959.

Saul's photography hardly needs any introduction. His published works provide ample evidence of his immense talent. He constantly carried a camera when I knew him. Sometimes in exasperation, perhaps from distraction, he would accidentally leave them in a restaurant or cab.

Dec 6, 2021 · Café, Paris – Saul Leiter, 1959. Saul Leiter (1923 – 2013), was one of the early pioneers of colour photography, known predominantly for his compelling images of the streets bordering his Manhattan home.

Apr 13, 2008 · Saul Leiter was guilty of taking photographs, guilty of having disobeyed although he was totally receptive to his own imagination. His aim is to capture deep feelings, just by chance, without any claim on the social or documentary value of his work, with dogged determination to follow his own instincts rather than conform to a set model.

The Saul Leiter Foundation begins examining and cataloging Leiter’s archive of color slides. 2019 Leiter’s paintings and personal effects are displayed in the group exhibition A Specific Eye: Seven Collections at Demisch Danant, New York.

Saul Leiter. 1923 - 2013. Café, Paris. chromogenic print, signed in ink on the reverse, framed, a Howard Greenberg Gallery label on the reverse, 1959, printed later. image: 34.4 by 22.5 cm (13 ½ by 8 ⅞ in.) frame: 54 by 41.2 cm (21¼ by 16¼ in.)

Saul Leiter started shooting color and black-and-white street photography in New York in the 1940s. He had no formal training in photography, but the genius of his early work was quickly acknowledged by Edward Steichen, who included Leiter …

Since the 1940s, Saul Leiter, an inveterate walker, has trawled the streets of New York, capturing its colors and spirit. His liking for disarray, solitude and elusiveness make him a unique artist, quite unconcerned about joining the throng.

Saul Leiter: The Poetry of colour. After World War II the centre of the arts shifted from Paris and Europe to New York and the United States which offered shelter to the artists who fled from the conflict and joined the local ones in order to start a new chapter of contemporary art.