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Marton Perlaki, Ettore Moni, Saul Leiter and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Saul Leiter, Untitled, undated © Saul Leiter Foundation Before today’s hyperconnected and digitised art world, it was entirely possible to operate happily beyond the reach of the establishment – hidden away as much as ignored. Photography’s most compelling example might be [Vivian Maier]( whose extensive archive only began to trickle into the public domain a few years before her death in 2009. Saul Leiter also deserves a mention, the industrious New York photographer whose art-world recognition grew slowly, before intensifying in the decade before his death in 2013 at age 89. Both were prolific but also somewhat reclusive, showing their works regionally and not caring too much about boosting their careers. “I’ve enjoyed having books. I’ve enjoyed looking at paintings. I’ve enjoyed having someone in my life that I care about and who cares about me. I attached more importance to that than I did to the idea of success,” Leiter said. Often what draws us to these stories is the sheer amount of work someone has produced – and the dedication this requires. Leiter, whose exhibition An Unfinished World is now open at MK Gallery, left behind 15,000 black-and-white prints, over 40,000 colour slides and the same number of negatives, and over 4000 paintings. He was well regarded among a small group in New York in the 1950s and 60s including John Cage, Andy Warhol and Diane Arbus, and was a colour pioneer, appearing in Edward Steichen’s Experimental Photography in Colour show at MoMA in 1957. He was also included in Jane Livingston’s The New York School book alongside Robert Frank, William Klein and Helen Levitt, but it wasn’t until Howard Greenberg gave him his first solo show in 1993 that word of his masterfully understated photographs of New York really began to spread. A raft of shows and photobooks has followed in the last 15 years. Ravi Ghosh writes on the MK Gallery exhibition below, picking apart the unique style of this ‘anti-hero’ photographer. Looking to the future, the shortlist for the Palm* Photo Prize has just been announced and features some familiar names and friends of BJP. Congratulations to Monty Kaplan, whose Paraíso project documenting the mysterious aftermath of wetlands wildfires we featured in our [Spatial Awareness]( issue; George Maund, whose [self-published book Wild Flowers]( we picked out at the end of last year; and Alice Zoo, who recently shot these gorgeous photographs for a studio visit with [Mary McCartney]( (she did a similarly great job with Nadav Kander for our [Portrait]( issue too, which will publish online this month). The Palm* shortlist will be exhibited at the Melkweg Expo in Amsterdam from late May until the end of June. Our Ones to Watch issue is launching around then too, so there’ll be plenty of new talent to discover and celebrate this summer. Marton Perlaki’s experimental images explore the line between order and chaos Considering an uncanny medium and how we understand it, the Hungarian’s new book blends the playfulness with a welcome loss of control [Read more]( [Build the way you want](  © Aneesa Dawoojee, Portrait of Humanity Vol. 5 shortlist Portrait of Humanity is now open for entries Celebrate the strength of human connection through your lens by submitting your work to the 6th edition of Portrait of Humanity. This prestigious competition seeks to recognize photographers who showcase the beauty, diversity, and resilience of humanity the world over Become a [Digital Access or Full Access Member]( to enter this and all of our awards for free. [Learn more]( [Build the way you want]( ‘We are all the same, even with our little defects’: The enduring appeal of the nude In the countryside outside Parma, Ettore Moni has built a home studio which serves as a safe haven for bodies in all their variety [Read more]( [Build the way you want]( ‘Painting with a mechanical eye’: The unsung mastery of Saul Leiter A new show combines black-and-white and colour images with abstract paintings to convey a uniquely understated, sometimes hidden approach [Read more]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [1854 Media Ltd, 244-254 Cambridge Heath Rd, Cambridge Heath, London, E2 9DA, United Kingdom Click here to update your email preferences]( [Click here to unsubscribe from all emails](