Helen Levitt: In Her Own Backyard, September 12 - October 25, 2003

Helen Levitt

Helen Levitt Biography Helen Levitt's photographs bring to life the streets of New York City by documenting the local communities in an honest and playful way. Her award-winning work spans 60 years, capturing children's chalk drawings of the 1930s sidewalks to everyday life in the 1990s.
Over time, her photographs captured the social and economical changes in New York. Her earlier photographs showed streets filled with people walking and children playing. By the late 1960s to the 1980s, the streets became more aggressive, bustling with activity, cars, and the obsession with capitalism becoming clearer.
Born in Brooklyn in... View artist page