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Three Famed Street Photographers Captured the Quiet Desolation of American Life
Three Famed Street Photographers Captured the Quiet Desolation of American Life
Helen Levitt (U.S.A., 1913–2009), New York, 1972. Dye transfer print. © Helen Levitt Film Documents LLC. All rights reserved. The Capital Group Foundation Photography Collection at Stanford University, 2019.45.54
In the photographs assembled for this show we’re able to see a historic diary of the lives of a broad cross-section of people. As pioneers of “street photography,” these three artists were attempting to be invisible, snapping moments of life lived before their...