Helen Levitt was American photographer that took pictures of the poor areas of New York. She mainly took pictures dealing with children being the subject matter. I found that she captured moments that were intimate and captured the children's imagination the best way.
I think Helen captured a humorous moment in the first picture that could have been dynamically different if she waited a second longer. The girl in the plaid has is bullying the girl in the white into a wall. While she is trying to victimize the girl the bully is being victimized by the little boy's curiosity. possibly afterward the girl in the white would be laughing at the bully's embarrassment.
The second two photos I really liked and I think she captured a moment that best describes a child's imagination. In the first photograph. The viewer with a moment after a group of boys finds something interesting. While all the other boys are engrossed in their discovering their is one boy is focusing on Helen and seems to be trying to keep her away. Since she chose to capture this scene at the this very moment we will never be able to find out what the boys found and also it is possible that the one boy is not trying to keep her away at all.
The third photo is my favorite of the trio. She chose to capture a scene where a group of boys are imagining a possible war game. What I like the most is the anticipation of boys preparing for the truck to hit their make shift fort. I also think this photo contrasts well with WW2 photos of tanks coming into towns.
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