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Saul Leiter Biography
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1946 |
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Left theological college in Cleveland, moved to New York to pursue painting
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1946 |
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Trades some of W. Eugene Smith’s Spanish village photographs for a Leica 1C, makes photographs on streets of New York
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1947 |
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Attended Beaumont Newhall’s exhibition of Cartier-Bresson’s work at MoMA, confirms his desire to become a photographer
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1953 |
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25 images included in Steichen’s Always the Young Stranger exhibition at MoMA
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1953 |
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Opened studio on Bleecker St. for portrait, fashion, and advertising photography
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1957 |
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Fashion color work first published by Henry Wolf at Esquire
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1960 |
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Photo essays for Elle and Show, active in fashion work in England
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1963 |
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Moved studio to lower Fifth Avenue (until 1981)
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currently lives in New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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London, Faggionato Fine Arts, Saul Leiter Early Colour 1948-1959
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2008
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New York, Howard Greenberg Gallery, Saul Leiter: Women
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2008
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Saul Leiter, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris (solo)
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2007
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Saul Leiter: Early Color, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor (solo)
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2007
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Pieces of a City. Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
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2007
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Mapping the City. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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2007
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When Color Was New. Art Institute of Chicago
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2006
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In Living Color: Photographs by Saul Leiter, Milwaukee Art Museum (solo)
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2006
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Saul Leiter: Color, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp (solo)
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2006
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The Fashion Photographs of Saul Leiter, Festival of Fashion Photography, Hyeres, France (solo)
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2006
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Color Photography. Amon Carter Museum, Texas.
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2006
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The Streets of New York. National Gallery of art Washington, DC.
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2005
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Saul Leiter: Early Color Work, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (solo)
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2004
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Saul Leiter: In Color, Staton Greenberg Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)
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2002
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New York: Capital of Photography. The Jewish Museum, New York.
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2002
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New York Scene: Ted Croner, Sid Grossman, Saul Leiter and Leon Levinstein. Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.
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2002
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Visions From American: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art 1940-2001. Whitney Museum, New York.
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1998
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Look at Me, Fashion and Photography in Britain 1960 to the Present. British Council, European Touring Exhibition.
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1997
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Saul Leiter In Color, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (solo)
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1997
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Saul Leiter In Color, Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1996
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Delirium, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York
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1995
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By Night, Cartier Foundation, Paris
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1994
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Outside Fashion: Style and Subversion. Howard Greenberg Gallery
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1994
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The New York School, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee
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1993
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Saul Leiter Photography 1945-1970, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (solo)
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1991
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Appearances: Fashion Photography Since 1945, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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1985
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Gallery Lafayette, New York
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1984
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Gallery Lafayette, New York
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1953
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Contemporary Photography, Tokyo Museum, Tokyo
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1953
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Always the Young Stranger, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1950
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Tanager Gallery, New York
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1950
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Samuel Koonst Gallery, New York
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1947
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Abstract and Surrealist Art, Art Institute of Chicago
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1947
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Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
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1945
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The Outlines Gallery, Pittsburgh
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1944
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Ten Thirty Gallery, Cleveland
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| Literature |
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1991
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Appearances: Fashion Photography
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1989
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The Correspondent Magazine: Saul Leiter Rediscovered/Martin Harrison
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1961
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Infinity: Saul Leiter’s World/Rob Cowley
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