This major retrospective celebrates the work of a man whose atmospheric shots of New York street scenes made him one of the most important photographers of the postwar period
In 1947, when the 24-year-old Saul Leiter first saw Henri Cartier-Bresson’s prints at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, photographers were content to be regarded as photographers. Today’s aspirational ideal is “artist” or “artist using a camera”. But if Leiter is a consummate artist that is because his talents were uniquely served by – and entirely dependent on – the camera in his hand.
We all have wondered why seemingly random boards on our mobile screens appear in various order, so we can see what algorithm is behind them; have you ever questioned the logic behind the arrangement, wondering why they appear in a specific order? Have you ever questioned the algorithmic magic?In short, the order of boards on […]