His works are emotional, spontaneous, full of meaning and fervor.
Elliott Erwitt ( Elliott Erwitt ) was born in 1928 in a family of Russian Jews who emigrated to Paris. The first ten years the family lived in Italy, then returned to France, and in 1939 moved to the United States.
At age 14, Elliott got the first camera. He studied photography in Los Angeles from 1942 to 1944, and a few years later he studied cinematography at the New School of Public Research in New York.
Years later, he said: “Taking pictures is very simple. There is no great secret in photography ... Photography schools are a waste of time. Need practice, practical application of your knowledge. I am convinced that if something works out for you, the only important thing is not to stop working. And it doesn't matter if you get paid for it. ”
Erwitt worked as an assistant to the US Army War Photographer, and also shot for a number of magazines - Collier's, Look, Life and Holiday. Since 1953, he has been on the Magnum Photo agency staff.
Elliott Hervitt photographed many Hollywood stars and famous politicians. His street photos deserve no less attention. They do not need descriptions. Erwitt's unprecedented attention to detail helps him create memorable images with impeccably calibrated composition.
“Explaining an image is the same as explaining a joke. As soon as you explained her, she immediately dies. ”
Wyoming, 1954.
Lieutenant John F. Kennedy aboard PT 109, Solomon Islands, August 1, 1943.
New York, 1953.
New York, 1949.
New York, Metropolitan Museum, 1949.
New York, 1950.
North Carolina, 1950.
Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, 1950.
Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1951.
New York, 1953.
Writer Jack Kerouac, New York, 1953.
Marilyn Monroe on the set of the famous scene on the ventilation grille in the film “The Seven Year Itch” directed by Billy Wilder, New York, 1954.
New York, Third Avenue, 1954.
American actor Marlon Brando during the filming of the film "In the port" by director Elia Kazan, New York, 1954.
New York, 1955.
New York, 1955.
New York, 1956.
Grace Kelly and Prince of Monaco Rainier at a party at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, January 1956.
Marilyn Monroe, New York, 1956.
New Hampshire, 1958.
Actors Clark Gable, Clift Montgomery, Eli Wallac, Marilyn Monroe pose for the filming of the film "Restless" directed by John Houston with the writer Arthur Miller. Reno, Nevada, 1960. The film was the last for Gable, who died from a heart attack a few days before the end of work on the film. The film also became the latest in the creative biography of Marilyn Monroe. Although officially she played the last role in the film “Something should happen”, but it was never completed.
Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Restless, directed by John Houston. Reno, Nevada, 1960.
In New York. 1964. Looks like some kind of fashion show.
New York, Flatiron Building, 1969.
The future governor of California, 1977.
Lesson in a children's social dancing school, New York, 1977.
Fidel Castro speaks at a meeting of the United Nations Supreme Assembly, New York, 1979.
New York. East Hampton, 1981.
New York. East Hampton, 1983.
New York, 1984.
New York. In the Metropolitan Museum, 1988.
New York, Central Park, 1988.
New York, 1988. Thanksgiving Day Parade.
New York, 1991.
Moscow, 1959. Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon.
Hungary, Budapest, 1964.
USA, Colorado, 1955.
France, Versailles, 1975.
France, Paris, 1989.
This picture was taken by Erwitt in Kursk in 1967.
This is one of his most famous paintings. The picture was taken in California in 1955 a couple of years after he moved to the agency Magnum Photos, in which he stayed.
Commenting on his work, Erwitt said: "This is stupid material, which, I think, has nothing to do with anything really important, but somehow gives you the opportunity to have fun."
F otograf says: "The real trick for shooting is simply to be patient and wait for the moment to happen."
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