![]() ![]() “Leiter is a rare artist,” Jane Livingston, chief curator for the Corcoran Gallery of Art, once said, “one whose vision is so encompassing, so refined… that his best photographs seem literally to transcend the medium.” The result of this pursuit is evident in Saul Leiter: Early Black and White. He heard the echoes of footsteps dancing behind the glass, the sighs of women bracing the cold and the haunting silence of ordinary illusions – and he tirelessly followed them. Saul Leiter was a watcher shinning in the dark. In both volumes, fractured frames juxtapose obscurely surreal and innately candid images some of which highlight Leiter’s incredibly unique sense of humour others ripple and dissolve into the emotive they were taken in. This sensuality is prevalent throughout Saul Leiter: Early Black and White, a two-volume monograph published by Steidl/ Howard Greenberg Library. ![]() ![]() The smooth curve of her breast soaks into the softness and fragility of the photograph, ultimately heightening the sensuality. Her head faces Saul Leiter, who is positioned behind darkened objects, however her arms conceal her facial expressions - it is only her full lips, slightly ajar, which can be seen. ![]() 1947 © Early Black and White by Saul Leiter, published by Steidl A nude woman is sprawled along the wrinkled sheets, her elongated torso tilts towards the ceiling and angled limbs knot together in an unabashed display of ecstasy. Image Above: Saul Leiter, Self-Portrait with Inez, c. ![]()
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