In A New York Minute: Photograhs by Helen Levitt March 31, 2011

Helen Levitt (1913-2009) received critical acclaim as a "photographers' photographer" during her lifetime and since her death in 2009. Admired by the writer James Agee, who saw the "ceremonies of innocence" in her subject matter, Levitt's direct approach has been deemed "artless" and "styleless." Yet it is this ease and apparent effortlessness that has made her images icons of the spontaneity and eccentricity of the New York City streets. Included in this exhibition from the collection of the Capital Group Foundation are 55 photographs that Levitt selected as some of the most important images of her career.