It is sometimes true actually of many photographers who don’t know what they did and then one discovers good things. I believe they are rather nice and can hold up and do not need to apologize. Saul Leiter: Yes, Margit and I found recently a group of things which are to be shown by Roger Szmulewicz in Antwerp. Are there still rich seams to be mined in your old work which have unseen gems?

That’s it.ĭG: You have a vast body of work yet you are mostly known for a core set of images. If one has a sense of color it manages to survive the changes. The history of photography is a history of changes. They make photography sometimes too easy. Saul Leiter: I like using digital cameras. I’m not sure what he meant but I like the sound of it.ĭG: Your ‘early color’ is very distinctive in look – it is ‘old color’ like the work of Helen Levitt yet you seem very comfortable using digital cameras which normally have a different ‘now look.’ Are you ever concerned about the way color has changed? He once said that I’m not really a photographer I just use photography for my own purpose. He’s much better at understanding and describing what I do. I’d much rather have Max Kozloff do that.

Saul Leiter: I don’t apply labels to my photographs. Do you think this particular word is more appropriate than say just street photographer? What label if any would you apply to your photography? DG: The Art Historian, Max Kozloff describes your work as ‘more soulful than many’ other photographers.

Woman by Saul Leiter