Instant Views [o.] Kids in the Streets of New York | Photos by Helen Levitt, 1939 -1950

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 Kids in the Streets of New York | Photos by Helen Levitt, 1939 -1950
Helen Levitt, 1947

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Helen Levitt, New York, 1939                      Helen Levitt, Kid in tree with mask, New York, 1940
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                Helen Levitt, Four girls running in the street, New York, 1950
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Helen Levitt, Greeting at the Window, 1940                    Helen Levitt, Two girls on a truck, 1948

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Helen Levitt, New York, 1940
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Helen Levitt, New York, 1942

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Helen Levitt, Children dancing at the streets of New York, 1940        Helen Levitt, New York, 1940

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Helen Levitt, 1940s
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Helen Levitt, New York, 1940

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“If it were easy to talk about, I’d be a writer. Since I’m inarticulate,
I express myself with images.”

“I never had a “project.” I would go out and shoot, follow my eyes—
what they noticed, I tried to capture with my camera, for others to see.”


Helen Levitt, 1913-2009.

Helen Levitt was an American photographer. She was particularly noted for “street photography” around New York City, and has been called “the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time.

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