VERMEER AROUND THE CORNER: A REVIEW OF “FOREVER SAUL LEITER” AND DOROTHEA LANGE’S “DAY SLEEPER,” BY ROBERT DUNN

What a sad and jubilant career Saul Leiter had! From some success shooting fashion (and fashioning his own groundbreaking color shots) back in the 1950s and ’60s, he went quiet as a photographer until 2006, when Steidl put out “Early Color,” in which we got one lovely, delicate, mysterious color shot after another. Every photo in the book was strong, and Leiter’s reputation was made. He was suddenly celebrated widely, and in effect he became an overnight Old Master of the photobook.