{"product_id":"helen-levitt-new-york-moma-one-on-one-series-9781633451209","title":"Helen Levitt: New York: Moma One on One Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA close reading of Helen Levitt's famous photograph of three children at play on a New York stoop\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelen Levitt's (1913-2009) photographs from the 1930s and 1940s of the communities of New York City's Harlem are startling achievements of street photography. They catch the evanescent configurations of gesture, movement, pose and expression that make visible the street as surreal theater, and everyday life as art and mystery. The unguarded life of children at play became, understandably, Levitt's particular preoccupation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLevitt resisted political readings of her work, and distanced herself from the progressive impulses of social documentary photography. But class, race and gender are everywhere at work in Levitt's images. The diffidence and deceptive artlessness of the images also hide her devotion to both popular and avant-garde cinema, attention to the work of other photographers and frequenting of New York's museums and galleries. Here, Shamoon Zamir, Professor of Literature and Art History at New York University Abu Dhabi, examines the different registers and contexts of Levitt's work through a reading of \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Levitt's iconic images.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12490727\"\u003eHelen Levitt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Moma\/Sharjah Art Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 7.20w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781633451209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1633451208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHO\"\u003ePhotography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHO011000\"\u003eIndividual Photographers | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Moma\/Sharjah Art Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669030211821,"sku":"9781633451209","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ee784738-9e0d-45d8-ba75-555d46e6af2d.jpg?v=1649465214","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/helen-levitt-new-york-moma-one-on-one-series-9781633451209","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}