Saul Leiter

• Born: 3. December, 1923
• Died: 26. November, 2013
• Nationality: American
• Known for: Color street photography

Saul Leiter was a pioneer of color street photography, shooting in color decades before it was considered serious art photography. While most photographers of his era worked in black and white, he was already experimenting with Kodachrome in the 1940s and 50s.

What draws me to his work is how he used reflections, rain, fog, and window panes to create these layered, almost painterly images. His photos feel intimate and quiet, often showing fragments of city life rather than decisive moments. There's something deeply contemplative about them.

He lived a remarkably unassuming life in the East Village, largely unknown to the wider art world until a rediscovery in his later years. He wasn't interested in fame and famously said "I spent a great deal of my life being ignored. I was always very happy that way."

His approach to photography feels like an antidote to the constant attention-seeking of today's visual culture