The whole point of taking pictures is so you don’t have to explain things with words.
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| Birth: | 26th July, 1928 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Photographer |
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Elliott Erwitt was born in Paris, France. He is a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer. He is best known as a documentary photographer who specialized in capturing absurd and unique moments within everyday settings. He studied photography and filmmaking at Los Angeles City College and the New School for Social Research. He served as a photographer's assistant in the 1950s in the United States Army while stationed in France and Germany. He then began a freelance photographer career and produced work for Collier's, Look, Life and Holiday. Joining the Magnum Photos agency in 1953 allowed him to shoot photography projects around the world. His work was published in a book, The Art of André S. Solidor, and exhibited in 2011 at the Paul Smith Gallery in London. He was awarded the International Center for Photography's Infinity Award, Lifetime Achievement category, in 2011.
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