Created to mark the centenary of Saul Leiter's birth, this comprehensive retrospective explores his life and work.
 
A visual poet, Leiter became one of the defining figures in the canon of twentieth-century photography.
 
The book spans his entire practice: meditative New York street scenes, fashion work, minimalist black-and-white nudes, paintings and self-portraits.
 
Drawing deeply on Leiter's archive, it presents contact sheets, sketchbooks and personal ephemera, bringing one of photography's most enigmatic figures to life. Created with the Saul Leiter Foundation and filled with previously unpublished work, this ambitious volume also includes his painted photographs, shedding new light on his life.
 
Born in 1923, Leiter had nearly faded into obscurity before Howard Greenberg exhibited his black-and-white photographs at his New York gallery in 1993. Over the following decade, the discovery and exhibition of his early colour work established him as a pivotal twentieth-century photographer and visual poet whose images and publications have made him an enduringly popular artist.
 
Archival materials, including contact sheets and diaries, appear publicly for the first time. Texts by Adam Harrison Levy, Michael Greenberg and Lou Stoppard examine Leiter's life and philosophy, the local character of his New York street photography and his pioneering fashion work. Planned alongside a major exhibition, the publication offers a definitive resource for admirers of Saul Leiter.