Geboren 1923 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Er arbeitet und lebt in New York.

1935

erste Kamera als Geschenk von seiner Mutter

1940 (frühe 40er Jahre)

besucht das Telshe Yeshiva Rabbinical College, Cleveland

1946

nach Collegeabschluss Umzug von Cleveland nach New York City

1947

Besuch der Henri Cartier- Bresson Ausstellung im MOMA und Freundschaft mit W. Eugene Smith, während er selbst erfolgreich als Maler tätig ist.

1948 (circa)

erste Fotoarbeiten mit Farbdiafilm

1951

LIFE veröffentlicht seine S/W Fotoserie "The Wedding as a Funeral" (3. Ausgabe September 1951)

1957

Edward Steichen nimmt 20 Aufnahmen Leiters in einen Vortrag im MOMA als Bildmaterial auf: "Experimental Photography in Colour".

1959

beginnt unter Art Director Henry Wolf die Arbeit für Harper's Bazaar

1960- 1980

arbeitet unter anderem für Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Show, Vogue, Queen and Nova.
Publiziert Fotografien in LIFE, US Camera, Photography Annual und Infinity.

1991

seine Fashion Photography wird im Victoria and Albert Museum in London ausgestellt.
Dazu Buchveröffentlichung von Martin Harrison.

Ausstellungen

2015

Saul Leiter, Fotografieforum Frankfurt am Main.

2013

Saul Leiter, KunstHausWien

2012

Saul Leiter, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Saul Leiter, Forma Foundation for Photography, Milan

2011

Saul Leiter, Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam

2010

Saul Leiter, Gallery.ru, Moscow
Saul Leiter, Photographs & Paintings, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris

2009

Saul Leiter Paintings, Knoedler Gallery, New York
Saul Leiter, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp
Saul Leiter, Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France

2008

London, Faggionato Fine Arts, Saul Leiter Early Colour 1948-1959
New York, Howard Greenberg Gallery, Saul Leiter: Women
Saul Leiter, Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris (solo)

2007

Saul Leiter: Early Color, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor (solo)
Pieces of a City. Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Mapping the City. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
When Color Was New. Art Institute of Chicago

2006

In Living Color: Photographs by Saul Leiter, Milwaukee Art Museum (solo)
Saul Leiter: Color, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp (solo)
The Fashion Photographs of Saul Leiter, Festival of Fashion Photography, Hyeres, France (solo)
Color Photography. Amon Carter Museum, Texas.
The Streets of New York. National Gallery of art Washington, DC.

2005

Saul Leiter: Early Color Work, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (solo)

2004

Saul Leiter: In Color, Staton Greenberg Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA (solo)

2002

New York: Capital of Photography. The Jewish Museum, New York.
New York Scene: Ted Croner, Sid Grossman, Saul Leiter and Leon Levinstein. Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York.
Visions From American: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art 1940-2001. Whitney Museum, New York.

1998

Look at Me, Fashion and Photography in Britain 1960 to the Present. British Council, European Touring Exhibition.

1997

Saul Leiter In Color, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (solo)
Saul Leiter In Color, Martha Schneider Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)

1996

Delirium, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York

1995

By Night, Cartier Foundation, Paris

1994

Outside Fashion: Style and Subversion. Howard Greenberg Gallery
The New York School, Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee

1993

Saul Leiter Photography 1945-1970, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (solo)

1991

Appearances: Fashion Photography Since 1945, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1985

Gallery Lafayette, New York

1984

Gallery Lafayette, New York

1953

Contemporary Photography, Tokyo Museum, Tokyo
Always the Young Stranger, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1950

Tanager Gallery, New York
Samuel Koonst Gallery, New York

1947

Abstract and Surrealist Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH

1945

The Outlines Gallery, Pittsburgh

1944

Ten Thirty Gallery, Cleveland

Sammlungen

Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover
Albertina Museum, Vienna
American Academy of Arts & Letters, New York
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Collection of Agnès B. (Private)
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Sir Elton John Collection (Private)
Fondation Nationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris
Hermes Collection of Art (Private)
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris
Milwaukee Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (Hallmark Photographic Collection)
RISD Museum, Providence, R.I.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, C.A.
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, M.O.
Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Whitney Museum of American Arts, New York
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven