Italiano
In queste volume ĆØ raccolto un corpus di fotografie di nudo in bianco e nero realizzate da Leiter nella splendida luce naturale del suo studio nellāEast Village, a New York. Una serie di immagini sconosciute fino a questo momento, che sono state ritrovate nel vasto archivio del fotografo. Negli anni Settanta il fotografo, che aveva cominciato a scattare queste immagini giĆ nel ā46 ad alcune amiche e conoscenti, avrebbe voluto farne poi un volume ma non portĆ² mai a termine il progetto. Leiter ha sempre preferito la solitudine alla vita mondana, e ha resistito a qualsiasi tipo di spiegazione o analisi del suo lavoro.
Con āIn My Roomā, il fotografo riesce perĆ² a portare il lettore nel suo mondo privato ā nella sua stanza appunto-, pur mantenendo il suo forte senso di mistero.
English
The fruit of fantastic recent discoveries from Saul Leiterās vast archive,Ā In My RoomĀ provides an in-depth study of the nude, through intimate photographs of the women Leiter knew. Showing deeply personal interior spaces, often illuminated by the lush natural light of the artistās studio in New York Cityās East Village, these black-and-white images reveal a unique type of collaboration between Leiter and his subjects. In the 1970s Leiter planned to make a book of nudes, but the project was never realized in his lifetime. Now, we get a first-time look at this body of work, which was begun on Leiterās arrival in New York in 1946 and honed over the next two decades. Leiter, who was also a painter, allows abstract elements into the photographs and often shows the influence of his favorite artists, including Bonnard, Vuillard and Matisse. Leiter, who painted and took pictures prolifically up to his death, worked in relative obscurity until he entered his eighties. He preferred to be left alone, and resisted any type of explanation or analysis of his work. WithĀ In My Room, Leiter ushers viewers into his private world while retaining his strong sense of mystery.