ron roelandt

Bologna, 26.04.2026

I knew Saul Leiter through his photographs, through his colors, through his New York.

I did not know him through his watercolors.

Nor through his black-and-whites, the endless shades of gray.

In which, if you look closely, you could already glimpse his colors.

Photographers are poets. And Saul Leiter was a great poet.

UK

Conoscevo Saul Leiter dalle sue fotografie, dai suoi colori, dalla sua New York.

Non lo conoscevo per i suoi acquerelli.

E nemmeno per i suoi bianco e nero, le infinite sfumature di grigio.

In cui, a ben guardare, si lasciavano già intravedere i suoi colori.

I fotografi sono poeti. E Saul Leiter era un grande poeta.

IT

Ik kende Saul Leiter van zijn foto’s, van zijn kleuren, van zijn New York.

Ik kende hem niet van zijn aquarellen.

En evenmin van zijn zwart-witten, de vele gradaties grijs.

Waarin je eigenlijk al zijn kleuren in door zag schemeren.

Fotografen zijn poëten. En Saul Leiter was een groot poëet.

NL