What better to start out a new year with than a post of an unknown photographer that shares my day of birth. Helen Levitt as I found out yesterday was born on my birthday and ironically captured photos of images that I love to shoot.
She grew up in New York City and dropped out of high school. From there she went to work for a commercial photographer and found her own desire to photograph. She then purchased a camera and began capturing people on the streets.
After photographing for a while she went into making films and documentaries of people on the streets. Eventually she made the transition into colored photos.
I find her work inspiring in a pure way. Her photos show that we do not have to search to find great things to photograph. We just have to walk out our front door or look out our window.
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