Artist Elliott Erwitt photographer and filmmmaker.

                                                                  Elliott Erwitt

       

Elliot Erwitt ( Elio Romano Erwitz org. name) was born in July 26'1928 in Paris ,
France. His parent was Jewish and Russian immigrants who soon moved to Italy.
Over time they changed their name.In 1939 all family moved to United States. To earn money Erwitt hired himself out as wedding photographer. He start studied photography at Los Angeles. In 1950 he finish education. In 1951 he was drafted into the army to 1953. In that time he was military photographer assistance .

                            USA. Fort Dix, New Jersey. 1951. by Elliott Erwitt on artnet


Elliot Erwitt -Sequentially Yours - The Eye of Photography ...

Elliott did a lot of sequential photography and was good at it. I like his work because he have always lot of ideas.
One of them is humor, where it aims to make people laugh, the other is to show step by step what is happening to a person at a given moment (for example) and how a movement is performed at a given moment.

The above photo shows a grandmother and granddaughter, probably where the grandmother is pointing something to the child in the water, then you can see the child moving and in the end only the woman remains.
Even the woman's position itself is funny, you can feel that the child has really disappeared in the shadow of curiosity and fun.

In 1953 Erwitt arrive to New York City joined, Robert Capa's recently established Magnum Photos agency and launched successfully carrier that encompassed ,commercial journalistic, editorial and personal photographer.In the 1960s, Erwitt served as Magnum’s president for 3 years.
He then turned to film: in the 1970s, he produced several notable documentaries and
in the 1980s eighteen comedy films for HBO. Erwitt became known for benevolent irony,
and for a humanistic sensibility traditional to the spirit of Magnum. One day for journal he said

“I don’t think my wives thought I was particularly funny,” he said. “But I certainly prefer comedy to tragedy. And if people think my pictures are amusing, I’m delighted, because I like amusing.” https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/why-elliott-erwitt-needs-to-work/

His great photography history have lots of humor and live.

His grates art examples below.

 Elliott Erwitt: Dogs -

 

 

Dogs by Elliott Erwitt | Elliott erwitt, Elliott erwitt photography, Magnum photos

 

 

Elliott Erwitt's Dogs - For Sale on Artsy

 

Elliott Erwitt: Dogs -


 Now he have 95 year's old and he feel well.His colorful presentation of photos and funny moments constantly make people laugh all over the world, including me.


References:

Elliott Erwitt | Photography | United States

Elliott Erwitt | Documentary Photographer & Filmmaker | Britannica


 

 

 

 

Comments

  1. Zoe Van-de-Velde8 October 2023 at 11:07

    You have attempted research, and again we will need to go over how to do this. You have added some facts about Erwitt and a quote but you do need to discuss his work in relation to your own work.

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  2. Zoe Van-de-Velde15 October 2023 at 11:40

    This is much improved and you have sources for the work -good work

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