She was an American photographer and photojournalist, best known for her portraits of notable women in the arts, science and technology.
[4][5][6] As her photography practice became more advanced, she began teaching classes in the subject at Radcliffe, at the DeCordova Museum School of Art in Lincoln, and in workshops for various audiences throughout greater Boston.
[7][3] Litwack's photography projects included Born Early: The Story of a Premature Baby (1983), a book and exhibit documenting a baby's first months,[8] with pediatrician Mary Ellen Avery as co-author;[9] and portraits of notable women in arts, science and technology, exhibited several times[10][11] and now in the collection of the Schlesinger Library.
Her subjects included art educator Elma Lewis,[12] physicist Margaret MacVicar,[13] poet Maxine Kumin,[14] anthropologist Sarah Blaffer Hrdy,[4] computer scientist Shafira Goldwasser, and physicist Mildred Dresselhaus.
[11] She was working on a project about photographer Jessie Tarbox Beals at the time of her death.