فقد العالم واحد من أعظّم المصورين في العالم وكان ذو شخصيه مرحه وفكاهيه ومحبوب من كل المصورين … لم يبخل هذا الفنان العظيم علي احد بالمعرفه وكان دايم العطاء … عرفته عن قرب عام 1987 في المانيا وكنت في بدايه مشواري مع التصوير وكانت نصيحته الاولي إلا اعتمد علي التصوير في دخلي الأساسي واحتفظ باي عمل مع التصوير لان حياه المصور المحترف صعبه وغير مضمون دخلها الثابت …. وظللت علي تواصل معه حتي عام 2020 وبعدها بدأ المساعد بالرد علي التليفون لعدم مقدرته علي استقبال التليفونات رحم الله الاستاذ الكبير العظيم Elliott Erwitt
Elliott Erwitt
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Elliott Erwitt (born Elio Romano Erwitz, July 26, 1928 – November 29, 2023)[1] 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.
.jpg) Erwitt at the Leica Camera Jubilee in 2014 |
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| Elio Romano Erwitz July 26, 1928 Paris, France |
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| November 29, 2023 (aged 95) New York, U.S. |
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| French American |
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| Photographer | |
Early life
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Early life
Erwitt was born in Paris, France on July 26, 1928, to Jewish-Russian immigrant parents, Eugenia and Boris Erwitz, who soon moved to Italy.[2][3] In 1939, when he was ten, his family migrated to the United States. He studied photography and filmmaking at Los Angeles City College and the New School for Social Research, finishing his education in 1950. In 1951 he was drafted into the Army, and discharged in 1953.
Photography career
Vienna 2012
Erwitt served as a photographer’s assistant in the 1950s in the United States Army while stationed in France and Germany. He was influenced by 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. 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.[4]
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,[5] the funeral service for John F. Kennedy in 1963[6] or the inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009.[7]
One of the subjects Erwitt has frequently photographed in his career is dogs: they have been the subject of five of his books, Son of Bitch (1974), To the Dogs (1992), Dog Dogs (1998), Woof (2005), and Elliott Erwitt’s Dogs (2008).[8]
Erwitt created an alter ego, the beret-wearing and pretentious “André S. Solidor” (which abbreviates to “ass”) — “a contemporary artist, from one of the French colonies in the Caribbean, I forget which one” — to “satirise the kooky excesses of contemporary photography.” His work was published in a book, The Art of André S. Solidor (2009), and exhibited in 2011 at the Paul Smith Gallery in London.[8][9]
Erwitt was awarded the Royal Photographic Society‘s Centenary Medal in 2002 in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography,[10] a Royal Photographic Society Honorary Fellowship in 1996[11] and the International Center for Photography‘s Infinity Award, Lifetime Achievement category, in 2011.[12]
Filmmaking career
Philanthropy
In October 2020, Erwitt partnered with the digital collectible cards company Phil Ropy and created a card to raise awareness for Project HOPE‘s COVID-19 response. The picture on the card shows a pair of medical rubber gloves as a reminder of how exposed health care workers are and as an allusion to Project HOPE’s logo.[13] The proceeds from the sales of the card are redistributed to the organization.[14][15]
Philanthropy
In October 2020, Erwitt partnered with the digital collectible cards company Phil Ropy and created a card to raise awareness for Project HOPE‘s COVID-19 response. The picture on the card shows a pair of medical rubber gloves as a reminder of how exposed health care workers are and as an allusion to Project HOPE’s logo.[13] The proceeds from the sales of the card are redistributed to the organization.[14][15]
Death
Erwitt died at his home in New York on November 29, 2023, aged 95.[1]
Publications
Exhibitions
- Roma. Fotografie di Elliott Erwitt, Museo di Roma, Rome, November 2009 – January 2010[16]
- Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best, International Center of Photography, New York, May–August 2011[17]
- Elliott Erwitt, Black & White and Kolor, A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, 2011[18]
- Elliott Erwitt: Home Around The World, Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin, 2016–2017[19]
- Elliott Erwitt: Pittsburgh 1950, International Center of Photography, New York, 2018[20]
- Elliott Erwitt: A retrospective, Musée Maillol, Paris, 2023[21