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Saul Leiter

American Artist

Born: Dec 3, 1923

Died: Nov 26, 2013

About Am Great Photography Think World

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Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything. Saul Leiter

Great World Being Ignored Think Others See Simply Looked React Learned How Privilege Situations Being Anything Really Ignored Prepared Differently

A window covered with raindrops interests me more than a photograph of a famous person. Saul Leiter

Me Photograph Window More Covered Than Person Famous Famous Person Interests

There are the things that are out in the open, and there are the things that are hidden. The real world has more to do with what is hidden. Saul Leiter

World Hidden Out More Open Real The Real World Real World Things

Photography is about finding things. And painting is different - it's about making something. Saul Leiter

Photography Painting Finding About Something Making Different Things

I like it when one is not certain what one sees. When we do not know why the photographer has taken a picture and when we do not know why we are looking at it, all of a sudden we discover something that we start seeing. I like this confusion. Saul Leiter

Confusion Picture Looking Photographer Seeing Something Sees Taken Like Know Discover Certain Sudden Why Start

What makes anyone think that I'm any good? Saul Leiter

Good Think Makes Any Anyone

My father thought photography was done by lowlifes. Saul Leiter

Photography Father Thought Done

I am not immersed in self-admiration. Saul Leiter

Immersed Am

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