Elliott Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt (born Elio Romano Erwitz, July 26, 1928 - November 29, 2023) was a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. He was a member of Magnum Photos from 1953. Elliott Erwitt was born in Paris, France, on July 26, 1928, to Jewish-Russian immigrant parents, Eugenia and Boris Erwitz, who soon moved to Italy. In 1939, when he was 10 years old, his family migrated to the United States. He studied photography and filmmaking at Los Angeles City College and the New School for Social Research. In 1951, he was drafted into the Army, and discharged in 1953. Erwitt served as a photographer's assistant in the 1950s in the United States Army while stationed in France and Germany. After moving to New York in 1948, he met the photographers Edward Steichen, Robert Capa and Roy Stryker. Stryker, the former Director of the Farm Security Administration's photography department, hired Erwitt to work on a photography project for the Standard Oil Company. He then began a freelance photographer career and produced work for Collier's, Look, Life and Holiday. Erwitt was invited to become a member of Magnum Photos by the founder Robert Capa in 1953. Again and again he has also documented socio-political events in his photographs, such as Richard Nixon's visit to the Soviet Union in 1959, the funeral service for John F. Kennedy in 1963 or the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.

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📍 Born: 1928-07-26
✨ Zodiac: Leo
🌍 Nationality: French

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