Saul Leiter: Color in the City Saul Leiter (1923–2013) was an American photographer and painter, renowned for his pioneering use of color in street photography. His work captures intimate, often fleeting moments in urban life, blending abstract composition, reflections and soft, painterly colors. Leiter’s photographs turn everyday streets, windows, and rainy scenes into poetic, almost dreamlike images, making him a unique voice in 20th-century photography. #saulleiter #simpleisbeautifulphotograp

//...Saul Leiter...// > Saul Leiter was an American artist and early pioneer of color photography. With distinctive imagery suffused with painterly qualities, he is often grouped with other photographers of the New York School such as Richard Avedon, Weegee, and Diane Arbus. His work, however, departs dramatically with that group in regard to his subject matter—an oblique mélange of New York’s streets, architecture, and inhabitants. “A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photo