Slow Looking: Helen Levitt

Thu 11 Nov 2021 - Thu 11 Nov 2021

18.30 – Savour five photographs by Helen Levitt in this online audio-described session

A child crouches on the pavement next to the back tyre of a green car

Slow Looking: Helen Levitt

Thu 11 Nov 2021 - Thu 11 Nov 2021

18.30 – Savour five photographs by Helen Levitt in this online audio-described session

This event is part of our Past Programme

Considered part of the slow movement menu, slow looking is simply a way of slowing down as we take in the visual world using skills of observation and prolonged active looking. This online Slow Looking session invites participants to listen to audio descriptions of a selection of Helen Levitt's photographs, each followed by discussion. Scroll down to view the five photographs that will be described and discussed.

Audio descriptions are produced and read by Eleanor Margolies for The Photographers' Gallery in conjunction with the exhibition Helen Levitt: In the Street (15 October 2021 - 13 February 2022).

Eleanor Margolies is a writer and audio describer. She has a background in puppetry and theatre design, with interests in ecology and the role of the senses in performance. She audio describes in museum, theatre and dance contexts, and has led architectural tours for Open House London.

Free, open to all – Be part of the conversation live over Zoom, book to receive your log in details.

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This event is supported by the U.S. Embassy London

Five children climb and play on the portico of a doorway on the street

A group of children stand on a street holding a large frame for a mirror with shattered glass below

An older man boards a bus in New York

Two adults, two children are seated side-by-side on the subway, all facing the camera

A child crouches on the pavement next to the back tyre of a green car