Helen Levitt Photographs

Helen Levitt was born August 31, 1913, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.—died March 29, 2009, New York City) U.S. photographer. She began her career in photography at age 18. Levitt's photographs captured the streets of New York. Her first show, “Photographs of Children,” was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1943. It featured the subject matter—children, especially the underprivileged—and humanity that characterize much of her work. (Above are two photographs taken by Levitt)