Helen Levitt

[mrb]

The current edition of The Economist has an obituary for the photographer Helen Levitt: http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13437721

I only saw her work once, in a college class many years ago. She was a gifted artist.

 

[marcr1230]

There's a wonderful interview (text and audio) on NPR's site:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102504602

 

[DeeCee3]

Interesting to note she switched from a Leica, because it was too heavy, to a "Contax automatic". I assume the writer was referring to a G-series Contax. Never noticed that much difference in weight between my G's and my M2. The G's were, I'm loathe to say, more convenient, though.

dc

 

[Andrew Sowerby]

"Contax automatic" could be a T series. Much lighter than Leica!

Thanks for the link.