Saul Leiter: Inspiration From Masters Of Photography

Born in Pittsburgh in 1923, our master photographer Saul Leiter started getting into art in his late teens. Initially, he pursued to do some painting, later his new friendship with fellow master photographer W.Eugene Smith and Richard Pousette-Dart pulled him into the art of photography.

Colors at their finest best, warm and cold tones creating a wonderful sense of comfort for our visual organs seem to be an easy doing for Saul. He is known to have appeared in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the globe. Speaking about his pictures, it’s brilliant to choose colors as your subject in any kind of photography, in a way challenging too. Saul continues to laud with his vision for warm colors and peculiar street captures.

The essence of art and minimalism in every vertical frame of his photographs shows us his vision. He tends not to be in any hurry for he has published just a single book on his color pictures. Jane Livingston wrote, “The very fact that color becomes the subject of the photographs places Leiter’s work in another realm-a realm that is unabashedly artistic.” Mr. Leiter has said about his own photography: “I don’t believe that black and white is sacred or that color is profane. In my own work, they have both been equally important.”

His Famous Quotes for you:

“I must admit that I am not a member of the ugly school. I have great regard for certain notions of beauty even though to some it is an old-fashioned idea. Some photographers think that by taking pictures of human misery, they are addressing a serious problem. I do not think that misery is more profound than happiness.”

“In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much prefer to drink coffee, listen to music and to paint when I feel like it.”

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5 comments

Nimish Feb 27, 2013

very unique perspective of things. The photos actually grow on you.
Sanchith Mar 1, 2013

These colors are so amazing in every picture. Brilliant work.
Guru Mar 4, 2013

Beautiful.
Photographer Limerick city Mar 4, 2013

Saul Leiter is a great photographer in my views. He got the camera from his mother when he was 12 years old and in the age of 23, he left the technology field and came to New York to become an artist.
JMSBF Jan 30, 2015

There are several photographs shown here that were not made by Saul Leiter. This is actually quite sad.

Saul Leiter: Inspiration From Masters Of Photography

His Famous Quotes for you:

You can find more info about Saul Leiter:

Publications:

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