Saul Leiter: New York Reflections - FULLY BOOKED
Sunday 5 February 2012 16.00
Lecture & interview
Following the exhibition New York
Reflections, the American photographer and painter Saul Leiter
(1923) will visit Amsterdam. He will give a lecture on his life and
work in the JHM Museumcafé.
This lecture is now fully booked.
Leiter is celebrated particulary for his painterly color
photographs of the street life in New York, which he produced
between 1948 and 1960. Amid the hectic life of the city he
captured tranquil moments of everyday beauty. He was able to
transform mundane objects into what has been described as urban
visual poetry.
His photographs are frequently layered, near-abstract compositions
of reflections and shadows, which recall paintings by abstract
expressionists such as Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning, with whom
Leiter felt a strong affinity. His friendship with the photographer
W. Eugene Smith was another inspiring influence. In the 1940s and
1950s, Leiter was virtually the only non-commercial photographer
working in color.
After the lecture there will be an interview and there is an
opportunity for the public to ask questions. Of course, visiting
the exhibition is also possible.
Language: English
Admission: This event is free of charge with your
ticket for
the Jewish Cultural Quarter.
