Elliott erwitt photography style
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ELLIOTT ERIWTT
Elliott Erwitt was born in France of émigré parents in 1928. His formative years were spent in Italy. At the age of 10 he moved with his family to France afterward and emigrating to the United States in 1939, settling in New York for two years then transferring to Los Angeles.
In the early 50's, Erwitt moved to New York City by way of Pittsburg, Germany and France (the last two locations courtesy of the United States Army). He settled in New York for good establishing his fundamental base of operations... although "settling" in Erwitt parlance means "where you are at the moment for as long as you don't go somewhere else". Flexibility and adaptation to the requirements of the profession and personal interests have kept him moving about the globe before returning to base.
While attending Hollywood High School Erwitt worked in a commercial darkroom processing "signed" prints for fans of movie stars. During 1949 he returned to Europe traveling and photography in Italy and France thus making the start of his professional career. Drafted in to the US Army in 1951
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Sarcastic yet tender, Elliott Erwitt stands amongst the greatest photographers of the 20th century. Born in Paris in 1928, he spent his childhood in Milan before returning to the French capital when he was ten years old. In 1939, his parents, who were Russian immigrants, moved to the United States and settled in Los Angeles. While attending the Hollywood Senior High School, Elliott Erwitt worked in a commercial darkroom processing movie star prints "signed" for fans.
After studying photography and filmmaking at the Los Angeles City College and the New School for Social Research, Elliott Erwitt was drafted in the United States Army as a photographer's assistant. In 1953, freshly decommissioned from the army, he reconnected with Robert Capa – whom he had met prior to his military service – who invited him to join Magnum. From 1968 to 1970, Erwitt was President of the prestigious photo agency.
As a leading photojournalist, he participated in The Family of Man, the famous 1955 MoMA exhibition curated by John Szarkowski. Throughout his career, he also photographed Hollywood stars
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Born in Paris in 1928 to Russian parents, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan. He then emigrated to the US, via France, with his family in 1939. As a teenager living in Hollywood, he developed an interest in photography and worked in a commercial darkroom before experimenting with photography at Los Angeles City College. In 1948, he moved to New York and exchanged janitorial work for film classes at the New School for Social Research.
Erwitt traveled in France and Italy in 1949 with his trusty Rolleiflex camera. In 1951, he was drafted for military service and undertook various photographic duties while serving in a unit of the Army Signal Corps in Germany and France.
While in New York, Erwitt met Edward Steichen, Robert Capa, and Roy Stryker, the former head of the Farm Security Administration. Stryker initially hired Erwitt to work for the Standard Oil Company, where he was building up a photographic library for the company, and subsequently commissioned him to undertake a project documenting the city of Pittsburgh.
In 1953, Erwitt joined Magnum Photos and worked as
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