Streets / New York | Photos by Helen Levitt, 1939 -1950

Helen Levitt, 1947 

Helen Levitt, New York, 1939                                                        Helen Levitt, Kid in tree with mask, New York, 1940

                Helen Levitt, Four girls running in the street, New York, 1950

Helen Levitt, Greeting at the Window, 1940                                                         Helen Levitt, Two girls on a truck, 1948

Helen Levitt, New York, 1940   

Helen Levitt, New York

          Helen Levitt, New York, 1942

Helen Levitt, Children dancing at the streets of New York, 1940                                           Helen Levitt, New York, 1940

Helen Levitt, 1940s

Helen Levitt, New York, 1940 

“If it were easy to talk about, I’d be a writer. Since I’m inarticulate,
I express myself with images.”

"I never had a “project.” I would go out and shoot, follow my eyes—
what they noticed, I tried to capture with my camera, for others to see."

Helen Levitt

Helen Levitt was an American photographer. She was particularly noted for "street photography"
around New York City, and has been called "the most celebrated and least known photographer
of her time.