Biography on elliot erwitte
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Special Feature: “Photographers That Inspires”
– An Exclusive Interview with “The LEE Photographers”
Photo: The LEE Photographers
(Back L-R) Crispin LEE, Michael LEE, Jino LEE,
(Front L-R) Peter LEE, Ronnie LEE, LEE Siew Yian & Allan LEE
Photography Courtesy of Roy Chuang Productions.
12th May 2014, Singapore – As I was preparing and planning the articles/ reviews line-up for the next few months, many readers had requested to me that I should try to do an interview article that will inspires photographers from all levels and from all walks of life.
So I started scribbling names of photographers that had inspired me with their photos & their incredible works. As fate had it – and after I had the all names written out, I (almost) fell off my chair. All the photographers that I had selected has 1 thing in common – their first name (surname) are all “LEE”. Mu
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Elliott Erwitt New York City, 1949
Elliott Erwitt Biography American documentary photographer Elliott Erwitt was born Elio Romano Erwitz in 1928 in Paris to Russian parents. Often considered a master of style, Elliott Erwitt's photography is best known for the candor and humor that shines through his black-and-white pictures. Elliott Erwitt began dabbling in photography as a teenager living in Los Angeles, shooting weddings. Later, Elliott Erwitt shot photos for the Army in France and Germany; later living in New York, he met fellow war photographer Robert Capa, who invited him to join the Magnum Photos agency. Elliott Erwitt is responsible for making some of the most prominent portraits of the 20th century, capturing Marilyn Monroe, Richard Nixon and Marlon Brando, among others. Elliott Erwitt's joyful photos with dogs — particularly images of them jumping — has become another calling card of his; his first dog collection, Son of Bitch, was published in 197
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Born in Paris in 1928 to Russian parents, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan. He then emigrated to the US, via France, with his family in 1939. As a teenager living in Hollywood, he developed an interest in photography and worked in a commercial darkroom before experimenting with photography at Los Angeles City College. In 1948, he moved to New York and exchanged janitorial work for film classes at the New School for Social Research.
Erwitt traveled in France and Italy in 1949 with his trusty Rolleiflex camera. In 1951, he was drafted for military service and undertook various photographic duties while serving in a unit of the Army Signal Corps in Germany and France.
While in New York, Erwitt met Edward Steichen, Robert Capa, and Roy Stryker, the former head of the Farm Security ledning. Stryker initially hired Erwitt to work for the Standard Oil Company, where he was building up a photographic library for the company, and subsequently commissioned him to undertak