Helen Levitt photographed children, chalk drawings, stoops and neighborhood life in New York for more than six decades. Her unobtrusive street photography combines humor, gesture and social observation without turning daily life into spectacle.
Photography; film
Major Works
- 1940New York
- 1940Children with Masks
- 1938Boy Drawing with Chalk
- 1940sNew York Street, Children Dancing
- 1938–41Subway Portraits
- 1948In the Street
- 1965A Way of Seeing
- 1970sColor Street Photographs
- 1942New York City
- 1938–48Chalk Drawings
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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