Helen Levitt

Helen Levitt lived in Brooklyn, New york. Helen was born on August 31, 1913 and died March 29, 2009. She was an American photographer. She dropped out of high school and taught herself how to do photography. She did classes teaching children art while becoming intrigued with chalk drawings that was part of New York children's street culture.
            She worked with Walker Evans for a year and enjoyed her early success with her photography. In the late 1940s, Levitt made two documentary films with Janice Loeb and James Agee called in the Street and The Quiet One.