Leon Levinstein

"I walk, I look, I see, I stop, I photography"

Leon levinstein, 1955.

A good photograph will prove to the viewer how little our eyes permit us to see. Most people, really, don’t see—see only what they have always seen and what they expect to see—where a photographer, if he’s good, will see everything. And better if he sees things he doesn’t expect to see.

Hipsters, Hustlers, and Handball Players: Leon Levinstein’s New York Photographs au Metropolitan Museum.