LEON LEVINSTEIN
Levinstein's black-and-white images, whether taken in New York, Coney Island, Haiti, Mexico or India, possess, in the words of Jeff Rosenheim, Curator of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, a graphic virtuosity that translates into raw, expressive gestures and seemingly monumental bodies, counterbalanced by an unusual compassion for his offbeat subjects. In 1975, at the age of 65, Levinstein received a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. His intention, in his own words, was to photograph as wide a range of the American scene as my experience and vision would allow.
This long-awaited book meets this ambitious objective.
Publisher: Steidl Verlag; 1st edition (July 1, 2014)
Hardback: 328 pages
ISBN-10: 9783869304434
ISBN-13: 978-3869304434
Dimensions: 26.42 x 3.81 x 31.5 cm
Levinstein's black-and-white images, whether taken in New York, Coney Island, Haiti, Mexico or India, possess, in the words of Jeff Rosenheim, Curator of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, a graphic virtuosity that translates into raw, expressive gestures and seemingly monumental bodies, counterbalanced by an unusual compassion for his offbeat subjects. In 1975, at the age of 65, Levinstein received a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. His intention, in his own words, was to photograph as wide a range of the American scene as my experience and vision would allow.
This long-awaited book meets this ambitious objective.
Publisher: Steidl Verlag; 1st edition (July 1, 2014)
Hardback: 328 pages
ISBN-10: 9783869304434
ISBN-13: 978-3869304434
Dimensions: 26.42 x 3.81 x 31.5 cm
Levinstein's black-and-white images, whether taken in New York, Coney Island, Haiti, Mexico or India, possess, in the words of Jeff Rosenheim, Curator of Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, a graphic virtuosity that translates into raw, expressive gestures and seemingly monumental bodies, counterbalanced by an unusual compassion for his offbeat subjects. In 1975, at the age of 65, Levinstein received a grant from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. His intention, in his own words, was to photograph as wide a range of the American scene as my experience and vision would allow.
This long-awaited book meets this ambitious objective.
Publisher: Steidl Verlag; 1st edition (July 1, 2014)
Hardback: 328 pages
ISBN-10: 9783869304434
ISBN-13: 978-3869304434
Dimensions: 26.42 x 3.81 x 31.5 cm
