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TAXI, 1957 © SAUL LEITER
Avedon recommended Jane Livingston to include Leiter’s images in her book, The New York School: Photographs 1936-1963. In 2005, Howard Greenberg, owner of the Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York City, mounted the first exhibition of his color work in nearly fifty years at the age of 82. Before this time, the only ones to see his “Early Color” work were friends he invited over in the 1950s to his East 10th street studio for private viewings. It’s common talk to hear of the new young, up-and-coming artist but the new old, up-and-coming artist? Leave it to Leiter to break the mold once again. From 2005 to the present, it’s been a dizzying rocket launch of Saul Leiter’s work into the mainstream art world. In 2006, Steidl published Saul Leiter: Early Color 1948-1960. In 2008, The Foundation Henri Cartier-Bresson
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