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Farewell Helen Levitt

Obituary for Helen Levitt in today’s New York Times.

“At the peak of Helen’s form,” John Szarkowski, former director of the photography department at the Museum of Modern Art, once said, “there was no one better.”

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lucas Mar 31 2009 / 8am

She was pretty darned amazing. Some of that color work just leaves you breathless.
MattW Mar 31 2009 / 1pm

The work she did stands alone as an example of all that was good about the New York of her time, and also some of the best “street photography” we will ever be lucky enough to see…

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