Go Against The GrainĪt a time when color photography was derided by the photographic community, Saul just didn’t care. I’ve summarized a few that I really like here: 1. In the documentray, Saul provides some great life lessons that we can all take something from and apply to whatever we shoot. It wouldn’t be fully accepted as a medium for almost 20 years, until Eggleston’s work became popular. Saul, like Helen Levitt and Ernst Haas, embraced color ahead of the trend. Color photography was seen as garish, superficial and for commercial work. Back in 1948 he began shooting color film at a time no one else really did. It has real emotion, real soul to it.Īlthough his black and white work was well regarded (Steichen was an early admirer and included some of it in a MOMA exhibition back in 1947), Saul was called a “pioneer of color”. When we talk about photography being able to capture a split second of some magical moment in the world around us, I think of Saul’s work. His composition, framing, multiple planes of vision, and use of contrast and color all comes together to produce great emotion and is simply beautiful. Saul was originally going to be a painter, and there is an undeniable painterly quality to much of his work. It's partly what makes him so fascinating and so at odds with the common view today of having to be our own best marketeers. But what about those great photographers who simply aren't on the radar, or prefer to be out of the spotlight? Saul Leiter was one such photographer, both a master of his craft as well as someone who simply didn't care if he was known or not. Workshops, online tutorials, books, YouTube - it's all immediately accessible. Today there are more options than ever to learn from some of the greatest photographers out there.
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