Leiter has been often referred to as a pioneer of color photography. 1958 © Saul Leiter Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York “A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person.”Ĭarol Brown, Harper’s Bazaar, ca. When out shooting, experiment shooting through objects – a hole in the fence, tree leaves, a crowd – or even hold something up to obstruct part of your lens’ view.
This effect allowed him to frame his subjects in creative ways, creating mystery and evoking a story. Leiter dispelled this impulse, often shooting through other objects. It’s in our nature as photographers to neatly frame a subject and have it free from obstruction. It’s this experimentation that ultimately defined his style – and what gained him recognition as a part of the New York School of street photography. Everything is a photograph.” While walking the streets of New York, he shot with the kind of freedom that allowed him to experiment with framing, depth of field and color. Saul Leiter has been quoted saying, “Everything is suitable to be photographed. Above all, it is a revealing portrait of the intricate and resilient nature of female friendship.Postmen, 1952 © Saul Leiter Courtesy: Saul Leiter, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York. Remarkable Creatures is a stunning novel of how one woman's gift transcends class and gender to lead to some of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century. Despite their differences in class and age, Mary and Elizabeth's loyalty and passion for the truth must win out. Then - in prickly, clever Elizabeth Philpot, a fossil-obsessed middle-class spinster - she finds a champion, and a rival. But Mary must face powerful prejudice from a male scientific establishment, not to mention vicious gossip and the heartbreak of forbidden love. Her discovery of strange fossilized creatures in the cliffs of Lyme Regis sets the world alight. In the early nineteenth century, a windswept beach along the English coast brims with fossils for those with the eye.From the moment she's struck by lightning as a baby, it is clear Mary Anning is different. A stunning novel of female friendship, forbidden love and evolution from the bestselling author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.
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