Helen Levitt

This book reminds us that Levitt was neither a sentimentalist nor a cold documentarian. She photographed people as makers of gestures, games, poses, glances, jokes, and private dramas. The essays provide valuable context, especially regarding chalk drawings, Mexico, gender, film, and color, but the true argument is made by the sequence of images. Levitt’s world is rough, funny, crowded, tender, and resistant to explanation. She gives us just what we see, and then makes us realize how much seeing can contain. This book is a great compendium of one of the most brilliant street photographer’s capabilities.
source: Gerhard Clausing for photobookjournal.com