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Elliott Erwitt 

In the 1990s Elliot Erwitt was increasingly showing images - many which had not been shown publicly since they were created in the late 1940s and early 1950s - that put him squarely in the firmament of this revered period of fine art photography.

They demonstrate a conscious breaking of the rules for the then-contemporary photographic standards - perfect exposure, full tonal range, sharp focus, traditional composition - coupled with an existential "tough love" treatment of America, cloaked in the aura of the film noir motion pictures of the period that hung over this generation of photographers.... 

Elliott Erwitt 1951

GERMANY. Karlsrule. 1951. Elliott ERWITT during military service.... 

Elliott Erwitt 1962

USA. Shreveport, Louisiana. 1962. 

Elliott Erwitt 1949

FRANCE. Paris. 1949. 

Elliott Erwitt 1963

USA. California. Pasadena. 1963. 

Elliott Erwitt 1950

USA. Wilmington, North Carolina. 1950. 

Elliott Erwitt 1951

SPAIN. Barcelona. 1951. 

Elliott Erwitt 2001

FINLAND. Helsinki. 2001. Tango dancers.

Elliott Erwitt 1962

IRELAND. Dublin. Horse show. 1962. 

Elliott Erwitt 1955

USA. California. San Francisco. 1955. 

Elliott Erwitt 1967

RUSSIA. Siberia. Bratsk. 1967. 

Elliott Erwitt 1951

FRANCE. Verdun. 1951. 

Elliott Erwitt 1954

USA. New York. 1954. 

Elliott Erwitt 1950

USA. Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh. 1950. 

Elliott Erwitt 1975

USA. New York City. 1975 

Elliott Erwitt 1966

USA. New Jersey. 1966. Allied Chemical.

Elliott Erwitt 1976

ITALY. Florence 1976. 

Elliott Erwitt 1964

HUNGARY. 1964. 

Elliott Erwitt 1956

ITALY. Gandolfo. 1956. Pope PIUS XII. 

Elliott Erwitt 1964

POLAND. 1964. 

Elliott Erwitt 1964

Auschwitz concentration camp. ERE64041W00062/18 

Elliott Erwitt 1952

ENGLAND. London. 1952. 

Elliott Erwitt 1955

USA. Iowa. Des Moines. 1955. 

Elliott Erwitt 1950

USA. New York City. 1950. Times Square.

Elliott Erwitt 1954

USA. Wyoming state. 1954.

Elliott Erwitt 1978

WALES. Barry Island. 1978. 

Elliott Erwitt 1968

FRANCE. Honfleur. 1968. 

Elliott Erwitt 1952

FRANCE. Orléans. 1952. Loiret department. 

Elliott Erwitt 1955

USA. New York City. 1955. 

Elliott Erwitt 1993

ENGLAND. London. 1993. The Tate Gallery.

Elliott Erwitt 1962

IRELAND. Dun Laoghaire. 1962. 

Elliott Erwitt 1984

BRASIL. Rio de Janeiro. 1984. 

Elliott Erwitt 1990

BRAZIL. Buzios. 1990. 

Elliott Erwitt 1968

GB. ENGLAND. Kent. 1968.

Elliott Erwitt 1990

URUGUAY. Punta del Este. 1990.

Elliott Erwitt 1955

USA. New York, New York. 1955. 

Elliott Erwitt 1964

POLAND. 1964. Gdansk. 

Elliott Erwitt 1955

USA. New York City. 1955.

Elliott Erwitt 1957

FRANCE. Paris. 1957. 

Elliott Erwitt 1955

FRANCE. Provence. 1955. 

Elliott Erwitt 1972

ARGENTINA. 1972. 

Elliott Erwitt 1978

ITALY. Rome. 1978.

Elliott Erwitt 1991

USA. New York, New York. 1991. 

Elliott Erwitt 1977

USA. 1977. Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER. 

Elliott Erwitt 1957

USA. New York. Alfred HITCHCOCK and Vera MILES. 1957. 

Elliott Erwitt 1960

USA. Reno, Nevada. 1960. Film set of "The Misfits" by John HUSTON,... 

Elliott Erwitt 1953

USA. Hoboken, New Jersey. 1953. American actor Marlon BRANDO... 

Elliott Erwitt 1959

USA. New York, New York. 1959. Marlene DIETRICH at the April... 

Elliott Erwitt 1956

USA. New York City. January 1956. The engagement party of Grace... 

Elliott Erwitt 1949

ITALY. Milan. 1949. 

Elliott Erwitt 1956

USA. New York City. 1956. 

Elliott Erwitt 1960

JAPAN. Tokyo. 1960. 

Elliott Erwitt 1978

USA. Arizona. 1978. 

Elliott Erwitt 1947

USA. Chicago, Illinois. 1947. Lake Michigan. 

Elliott Erwitt 1980

FRANCE. Cannes. Film Festival. 1980.

Elliott Erwitt 1978

GB. ENGLAND. Blackpool. 1978.

Elliott Erwitt 1998

East Hampton, New York, USA, 1998. 

Inge Morath 1956

PORTUGAL. Tomar. 1956. Renaissance cloister built by Joao de... 

Inge Morath 1956

PORTUGAL. Lisbon. 1956. Tower castle of Belem, Manueline, or... 

Inge Morath 1956

PORTUGAL. Lisbon. 1956. Belem district. Mosteiro dos Jeronimos... 

Elliott Erwitt 1975

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