Urban Lyric Photographs 1936-1991
Urban Lyrics. Photographs 1936-1991. The first anthology of the artist since her death last year, it includes 120 images and highlights how Levitt's photographs have configured the aesthetics of street photography with their ability to suspend the moment; curator Jorge Ribalta. Helen Levitt is one of the great North American photographers of the second half of the 20th century. Her work is notable for her unique outlook and her documentary style, focusing on urban life, mainly in the street of New York. Her images capture tiny moments of daily life, apparently banal instants yet which have great metaphoric meaning for the social conditions of our time.