Forever Saul Leiter

Saul Leiter (1923-2013) was a prominent New York-based photographer whose career flourished from the 1950s onwards as he shot for leading fashion magazines. But in the 1980s he walked away from the business, and into obscurity. The early 2000s, with Leiter now an elderly man, saw him make a ‘second debut’ of sorts, when he was belatedly recognised by critics and curators as both a pioneer of colour photography and a major contributor to the art form’s ‘New York school’. This show, a follow-up to Leiter’s 2017 retrospective at the same venue, includes previously unexhibited works, both monochrome and colour, together with a section uncovering the mystery of Leiter’s life thorough materials from his personal archive.