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Helen Levitt, Photographer Who Captured Decades of New York Street Life, Died at at 95

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Helen Levitt, a major street photographer of the 20th century who captured fleeting moments of quiet drama on the streets of her native New York City for decades, died in New York at the age of 95. Ms. Levitt’s photography expressed the everyday ceremonies of innocence. The masterpieces in Ms. Levitt’s body of works are her photographs of children living their enthusiastically improvised lives.

Helen Levitt’s street photography spanned seven decades, photographs that were taken mostly throughout working-class neighborhoods. Her wonderfully candid black-and-white shots from the 1930s and 1940s, of urban children playing and ordinary people going about their daily lives, have inspired generations of photographers. Levitt was also a pioneer in color photography, beginning in 1959, when she received a Guggenheim grant to explore her familiar territory, but shifting from black-and-white to color.

This article presents a number of stunning vintage photographs, a video gallery and a remarkable slide show of Helen Levitt's photography.
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