[Leica] RIP Helen Levitt

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At 01:47 PM 3/30/2009, you wrote:
>Luis on the Street Photography list just posted this:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/arts/design/30levitt.html?_r=2&pagewanted=2&emc=eta1

Thanks, Phil.  This was an interesting quote:

Changes in neighborhood life also affected her work. "I go where 
there's a lot of activity," she said. "Children used to be outside. 
Now the streets are empty. People are indoors looking at television 
or something."

Also:

<http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i1a3d96e3863d2d6c27ee45f556c5fdc8?imw=Y>

Levitt shot with a Leica, the camera preferred by Cartier-Bresson and 
others for its low profile. She installed a right-angle viewfinder, 
to shoot unobtrusively. Her photographs often show spontaneous 
moments in which her subjects are unaware they are being photographed.

Great street photographer!

Tina


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