Thursday, 15 March 2012

Exam Project /Life cycle Project - In Depth Analysis - Helen Levitt

Street Drawing
street drawing 1940 


CONTEXT:
- Levitt was an Amercian photographer based around New York. 
- In 1937, she was teaching children art and become interesting in the chalk drawing they were created and purchased a leica and began photographing them.
The resulting photographs were ultimately published in 1987 as In The Street: chalk drawings and messages, New York City 1938–1948.[4]
- around this time, children were playing on the street which is different today as you wouldn't find children playing roads at etc.

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