In Photos: Lisette Model’s Street Photography

Reflections, New York, circa 1939-1945

After studying painting with cubist painter André Lhote, Model turned her attention to photography, though she credited Schoenberg with being her greatest teacher and influence

Running Legs, Forty-Second Street, New York, circa 1940-41

She immigrated to the US in 1938 with her husband, the painter Evsa Model, and worked as a professional photographer, publishing regularly in Harper’s Bazaar, Cue and PM Weekly

First Reflection, New York, circa 1939-40

From 1951 until her death in 1983, Lisette Model taught at the New School for Social Research in New York