Lois T1
Safety Net
For the most part, when we think of Saul Leiter we think of color. We think of the way he used color. We don’t necessarily think of the way he approached photography, color or black and white. But this photograph of a seagull exemplifies the Leiter approach.
I don’t plan things. As a rule I prefer to see what happens.
You couldn’t plan this photograph. Well, I suppose you could. If you did, though, it would be a different sort of photograph. It wouldn’t have that Leiter feel. Part of the appeal of a Saul Leiter photograph is the feeling that if you turned your head in another direction — almost any direction — you’d see a situation just waiting for a Leiter moment to happen.
I don’t have a philosophy. I have a camera. I look into the camera and take pictures. My photographs are the tiniest part of what I see that could be photographed.
And there it is. Look up, there’s a seagull’s butt. Look left or right…who knows? Whatever you see happening, something else is always going on. Ain’t it great?
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