Saul Leiter aka Real Art

[Tin Can]

New to me an hour ago

This is genius

https://www.saulleiterfoundation.org/color?itemId=24ev6j3tecct1zf5j6xtvaxbcf6ve1

[Vaidotas]

Thanks for sharing.
+1

[Michael R]

Yup he was a fantastic photographer.

[darr]

Thank you so much, Randy!

The video and lecture are inspiring.
Saul Leiter has dominated my love of art ever since I saw his work.
This has been a joy for me to experience.

Darr

[tundra]

New to me an hour ago

This is genius

https://www.saulleiterfoundation.org/color?itemId=24ev6j3tecct1zf5j6xtvaxbcf6ve1

Thanks. Really nice find. Although in color, his work puts me in mind of Vivian Meier.

[Michael R]

I’ve always been fascinated by his work (and a few others) in a somewhat different way than the work of most of the other photographers I like. I might not be explaining this clearly but when it comes to the majority of the photos I’m a fan of, I can imagine having been at the scene/location and noticed the potential, perhaps made a similar photo, etc. When I look at Leiter’s stuff my reaction instead is more like “nope, wouldn’t have seen that”, “nope, wouldn’t have thought to do that” LOL. I think it’s the vantage points, mostly. Every shot is a unique/creative way of having photographed the subject matter.


Thank you so much, Randy!

The video and lecture are inspiring.
Saul Leiter has dominated my love of art ever since I saw his work.
This has been a joy for me to experience.

Darr

[Mark J]

Welcome to Saul Leiter, TC if you didn't know him before.
I rate him as one of the all-time greats.
There are a few Interesting Youtube items about him, but the best I saw was a lengthy film showing him working with an assistant and archivist towards the end of his life to discover and archive all of the un-shown and unpublished work stored in his apartment. He came over as a thoroughly interesting man with a great sense of humour. It's interesting that many of the best photographers in history were either painters before, or studied art, or the history of art.

[j.e.simmons]

I really love his work. I don't generally shoot color, but I went out one day with my digital to try to emulate his style. I found the layers, I found the reflections, but I couldn't find the color. Everything is brown and green and gray here. Leiter photographs color - not merely a photograph that's in color.

[Tin Can]

I think Saul preceded Viv in age and activity

My first wife born in USA Occupied Berlin 1946

French Canada took them

[Mark J]

In the film it mentioned that there were sadly about 200 un-processed rolls of Kodachrome in his collection.

[ic-racer]

If one likes that, one might also like Ernst Haas street photography.

243987

[Tin Can]

Maybe he could not afford it

Maybe some here never saw the movie

Kodachrome
Not Rated 2017 ‧ Drama/Action ‧ 1h 45m




In the film it mentioned that there were sadly about 200 un-processed rolls of Kodachrome in his collection.

[Michael R]

If one likes that, one might also like Ernst Haas street photography.

243987

Yes, Haas is terrific too.