It wasn’t until Leiter was twenty three years old that he decided to come to New York to pursue his dreams of becoming a painter, which soon grew into his interest for photography. I would argue that he was not only a pioneer in the sense that he was among the first photographers to use color film, but that this also propelled him onto the streets of New York in which he took the role as an explorer. However, being an untrained photographer using expired film, he most definitely did not consider himself a pioneer at the time. Leiter recognizes in an interview with Time Magazine that other photographers and historians refer to him as a pioneer for his work with color film. Incorporating color and abstraction into his photographs, Leiter played on reality which impacts the perspective of the viewer.
Saul Leiter’s Early Color captures the streets of New York from a new perspective.
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