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myla kent    says:

Perhaps one of my favorite photographers is Elliott Erwitt.



From his MagnumPhotos bio: Born to Russian parents in Paris in 1928, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy, before emigrating to the United States. As a teenager living in Hollywood, he developed an interest in photography and worked in a commercial darkroom.

In the 1950s, Erwitt worked as a photographer's assistant for the United States Army, in Germany and France. Erwitt was influenced by his meeting the famous 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. Erwitt then began a freelance photographer career and produced work for Collier's, Look, Life and Holiday magazines. Joining the Magnum Photos agency in 1953, allowed Erwitt to shoot photography projects around the world.

You can find pictures anywhere.
It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them.
You just have to care about what's around you
and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.
-elliott erwitt



He is best known for his black and white candid shots of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings -- the master of the "indecisive moment".

Sources/Links:

www.elliotterwitt.com
www.magnumphotos.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Erwitt
Posted at 3:51PM, 3 February 2008 PDT (permalink)