Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwittis an advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid shots of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings— a master of Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment"...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth26 July 1928
CountryFrance
ideas seeing
My 'work' is about seeing not about ideas.
museums berlin eastern
I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good.
years together loved-ones
I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.
photographer ill
Ill always be an amateur photographer.
photography appreciate people
As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see. So I never assume that only a few people will appreciate what I do. At all times, the public should be able to understand what I've done, even if they don't understand how I've done it.
photography magic crafts
Photography is a craft. Anyone can learn a craft with normal intelligence and application. To take it beyond the craft is something else. That's when magic comes in. And I don't know that there's any explanation for that.
photography want photographer
You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business.
photography noticing-you matter
You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them.
photography children school
Everybody's got to do something... I'd been on my own since an early age and I thought I better find something to do to buy biscuits and stuff. From high school onwards I was earning my way with photography, one way or another, working in darkrooms and taking pictures of weddings, neighbors' children and so on.
dog mind compromise
Dogs don't mind being photographed in compromising situations.
years seven-years seven
All of my marriages lasted seven years.
photography mean thinking
I'm almost violent about that stuff - electronic manipulation of pictures. I think it's an abomination. I reject it all. I mean, it's OK for selling corn flakes or automobiles or for taking pimples out of Elizabeth Taylor's face, but it undermines the thing that photography is about, which is about observation and not about manipulation of images.
morning interesting cameras
When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take my camera along.
photography lenses photographer
Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing.