He toiled in obscurity – but now Saul Leiter is recognized as a true photography pioneer
Saul Leiter, Footprints, ca. 1950 – detail – Saul Leiter Foundation When 24-year-old Saul Leiter first saw Henri Cartier-Bresson’s prints at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1947, photographers were content to be considered photographers. The current aspirational ideal is ‘artist’ or ‘artist who uses a camera’. But if Leiter is a … Read more