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Personal best
Personal best
Elliott Erwitt
July 14, 2016
New York City, 2000
© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
From July 14 to August 24, 2016, the Leica Gallery in Wetzlar is presenting the Personal Best for Leica exhibition by Elliott Erwitt. The personal retrospective testifies to the photographer’s long-term relationship with his Leica.
The photographer, who was born in Paris in 1928 and emigrated to the USA with his family in 1939, is known for his humorous images. He decided to dedicate his life to photography at the end of the forties. With mentors such as Robert Capa, Edward Streichen and Roy Stryker, Erwitt quickly developed his own unique visual style: intimate, ironic, surprising, at times impertinent and cheeky, yet always technically flawless. Erwitt became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1954, and has acted as the agency’s president for three years.
You can find more information about the exhibition at: www.leica-camera.com.
The photographer, who was born in Paris in 1928 and emigrated to the USA with his family in 1939, is known for his humorous images. He decided to dedicate his life to photography at the end of the forties. With mentors such as Robert Capa, Edward Streichen and Roy Stryker, Erwitt quickly developed his own unique visual style: intimate, ironic, surprising, at times impertinent and cheeky, yet always technically flawless. Erwitt became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1954, and has acted as the agency’s president for three years.
You can find more information about the exhibition at: www.leica-camera.com.
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Was born in Paris on July 26, 1928. He spent his childhood in Milan, until his family moved back to Paris in 1938, and emigrated to the USA the following year. That was where he discovered photography. He has been a member of the Magnum Agency since 1953, and has acted as its president on various occasions. Journalistic assignments alternated with commercial ones, while personal projects developed alongside. In the seventies, Erwitt turned increasingly to film. He produced documentaries, as well as a series of television comedies in the eighties. He lives in New York City. In 2023, he was honoured with the Leica Hall of Fame Award. An accompanying exhibition will be on display at the Leica Gallery Wetzlar until mid-January, 2024. More
New York City, 2000
© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Paris, 1989
© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos
Santa Monica, California, 1955
© Elliott Erwitt / Magnum Photos