{"product_id":"helen-levitt-helen-levitt-9783969995433","title":"Helen Levitt: New York Archive \/ Black \u0026 White","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA trove of black-and-white imagery, seen and unseen, from one of the great giants of 20th-century street photography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished with Zander Galerie, Cologne.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume features previously unpublished photographs from Helen Levitt's (1912-2009) archive alongside a selection of her most iconic images. Levitt's unsentimental yet deeply empathetic vision--once described by Walker Evans as \"anti-journalistic\"--defined a singular street aesthetic, capturing the rhythms, improvisational nature and exuberant humanity of everyday life in New York.\u003cbr\u003eA pioneering figure of 20th-century street photography, Levitt began photographing the people of her native city in the 1930s, often working in Spanish Harlem and the Lower East Side. Her camera recorded fleeting encounters, children's games and chalk graffiti with lyrical restraint, visual humor and extraordinary clarity.\u003cbr\u003eAn illuminating essay by photographer Tod Papageorge explores Levitt's art and influence, examining what he calls her extraordinary ability to \"trap those moments when form and meaning spark together in a flash of ignition\" and her conviction that \"a camera trained on the commotions and tumults of the street could produce poetry.\" Complementing \u003ci\u003eNew York Archive \/ Color\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Steidl this season, this book affirms the lasting significance of Levitt's black-and-white oeuvre.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Levitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3969995434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783969995433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Helen Levitt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997611700479,"sku":"9783969995433","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/helen-levitt-helen-levitt-9783969995433","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}