CNN —Saul Leiter had a thing for umbrellas.
They pepper his mid-century photographs of New York, popping up over years of work: pink umbrellas, red umbrellas, yellow umbrellas.
In “Saul Leiter: An Unfinished Word,” a joyous new retrospective on view at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes, England, these umbrellas sing out from the walls.
Saul Leiter FoundationLeiter’s abstracted shots of New York seem radical, yet they are true to how we all see the streets: fragmented by traffic, building facades, doorways, angles and crowds.
Saul Leiter Foundation“He never really settled into society,” says Morin.
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CNN — Saul Leiter, “ Saul Leiter, Leiter, —, Saul Leiter, ”, Saul Leiter Leiter, Saul, Eugene Smith, Bonnard, “, Anne Morin, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Soames Bantry, Anders Goldfarb, Diane Arbus, Robert Frank, Morin
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CNN, Saul Leiter Foundation, British Vogue, Bazaar, New York School of Photographers
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New York, Milton Keynes, England, Pittsburgh, British