Cover of Elliott Erwitt's Dogs Dogs book.

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Early life

At the age of ten, Erwitt emigrated to the U.S. with his family. Erwitt studied photography and filmmaking at the Los Angeles City College and the New School for Social Research, finishing his education in 1950. The LACC location in 1922, when it was the campus of UCLA. Los Angeles City College, known as LACC, is a public community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. ... New School University is an institute of higher learning in New York City. ...

Photography career

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. The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Edward Steichen (March 27, 1879-March 25, 1973) was an American photographer, painter, and art gallery and museum curator, born in Luxembourg. ... Robert Capa (Budapest, October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a famous war photographer during the 20th century. ... Roy Emerson Stryker (November 5, 1893 - September 27, 1975) was an American economist, government official, and photographer. ... Photo of a sharecropper by Walker Evans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration Initially created as the Resettlement Administration in 1935 as part of the New Deal, the Farm Security Administration was an effort during the Depression to combat rural poverty. ... Standard Oil was an oil refining organization founded by John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) and partners beginning in 1863. ... Colliers Weekly was a United States magazine that was published between 1888 and 1957. ... Look was a weekly, general-interest magazine published in the United States from 1937 to 1971, with more of an emphasis on photographs than articles. ... Philippe Halsmans famous portrait of Marilyn Monroe Life generally refers to two American magazines: A humor and general interest magazine published from 1883 to 1936; A publication created by Time founder Henry Luce in 1936, with a strong emphasis on photojournalism. ... Magnum Photos is a world-renowned photographic agency, with offices located in New York, Paris, London and Tokyo. ...

Filmmaking career

Since the 1970s, he has turned much of his energy toward movies. His feature films, television commercials and documentaries include Beauty Knows No Pain (1971), Red, White and Bluegrass (1973) and the prize-winning Glassmakers of Herat, Afghanistan (1977).

A few notable photographs

• USA, New York City, 1946 - Streetlevel shot comparing the size of a woman's feet to a sweatered chihuahua.
• USA, North Carolina, Segregated Water Fountains, 1950.
• USA, New York City, 1953 - Image of Erwitt's wife looking at their baby on a bed lit by window light.
• USA, NYC, Felix, Gladys, and Rover, 1974 - Image of a woman's booted feet between that of a Great Dane's legs and a little chihuahua.

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Books

• Photographs and Anti-Photographs, 1972.
• Observations on American Architecture, 1972.
• Elliott Erwitt: The Private Experience. (In the series "Masters of Contemporary Photography", text by Sean Callahan.) Los Angeles: Petersen, 1974. ISBN 0-8227-0070-0 Sean Callahan describes and to some extent explains Erwitt's work.
• Son of Bitch, 1974. Photographs of dogs.
• Recent Developments, 1978.
• Personal Exposures. 1988.
• On the Beach, 1991.
• To The Dogs, 1992.
• The Angel Tree, 1993.
• Between the Sexes, 1994.
• 100+1 Elliott Erwitt, 1997.
• Dog Dogs, 1998 A collection of black and white photographs of dogs Erwitt was intrigued by throughout his world travels.
• Museum Watching, 1999.
• Snaps. London & New York: Phaidon, 2001. ISBN 0-7148-4150-1 A large anthology (over 500 pages) of Erwitt's work.
• EE 60/60, 2002.
• Elliott Erwitt's Handbook, 2002.
• Woof, 2005.

External links

• Elliott Erwitt official site requires Flash
• Magnum Photos portfolio
• Robert Koch Gallery portfolio