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“Helen Levitt” exhibition
The new exhibition dedicated to Helen Levitt invites visitors to rediscover one of the most distinctive and enigmatic perspectives in 20th-century photography. For the first time, an exhibition draws on her entire body of work and archives newly opened to the public, allowing a comprehensive exploration of her career: more than 200 photographs, nine thematic sections, previously unseen images, work made in Mexico in 1941, a substantial part of her colour photography and a screening of the documentary In the Street (1948), which she co-directed.
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Known for her unique vision of street photography, Levitt always avoided explaining her images. Far from creating distance, that reticence reveals the essence of her work: scenes that appear simple but exude a magnetic ambiguity, open to as many readings as there are viewers. Her celebrated photographs of children on the streets of Spanish Harlem — humble spaces turned into settings full of humour, tension and tenderness — show an unadorned reality that simultaneously becomes mysterious, almost narrative without explicitly telling a story.
The exhibition also champions Levitt as a pioneer. In the 1930s, she managed to establish herself in a male-dominated field and, in 1943, she was one of the first women to have a solo exhibition at MoMA in New York.
Curated by Joshua Chuang, this exhibition reveals Levitt's quiet but powerful voice, capable of turning everyday life into a visual poem that continues to resonate decades later.
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- Centro de Fotografía KBr
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