Elliott Erwitt is a renowned documentary and advertising photographer known for his candid black and white shots capturing ironic and absurd everyday situations. Over his career, he has published 23 books on his photography and techniques, and has photographed portraits of famous historical figures. His work featuring candid photos of dogs in everyday settings has been the subject of four books. Erwitt's candid style has influenced many modern humanitarian photographers, and he was awarded the Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal in 2002 for his sustained contributions to the art of photography.

1. Elliott Erwitt
Photography Presentation
Lucas Eng Meng Loong
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2. Elliott Erwitt is an advertising and documentary photographer known for
his black and white candid shots.

3. Most of the photos Elliott Erwitt
has taken are candid shots of
ironic and absurd situations
within everyday settings.
One of the most prominent subjects
Erwitt has photographed across his
career are dogs, they have been the
subject of four of his books.

4. In 2002, he was awarded the "Royal Photographic Society's Centenary
Medal and Honorary Fellowship" in recognition of a sustained,
significant contribution to the art of photography.

5. Because Erwitt's work are focused around candid shots, it has
influenced many modern humanitarian photographers today.

6. Over the course of his life, he has published 23 books. Many of which
discuss his photography techniques. He has also photographed many
potraits of famous figures in history.

7. I had found out about Elliot
Erwitt when I happen to
come across one of his
pictures in a forum I
browsed a while back. It was
a picture of a dog sitting on
a man's lap, but my initial
reaction was that it was just
a photoshop, until I took a
closer look at the picture.
I admire this man's work because to fully understand his work, you must
look at the photo more than once.
It tells me that photos don’t just have to be beautiful and aesthetic, but
they must also have a meaning behind them.

8. One of his earlier works, it shows a boy looking at the camera from
behind a cracked window. Using only natural lighting, he is able to
bring out the boy from the dark inside of the car. The point of impact of
the cracked glass just happens to be in front of the boy’s left eye giving
the illusion that his eye had broken.

9. You can see how all the men are looking at the painting of the nude
figure, while the lone woman on the left is looking at essentially the
same painting, except the female in her painting is clothed. Also how
the man in the coat in at the very foreground is wearing running shoes
and the rest are formal.

10. A very interesting picture as this is one of Elliot’s “decisive moments”
pictures. As a woman walks down a street she turns around to look
behind her. Coincidentally, a mannequin behind a glass window faces
her general direction. This provokes a very eerie and uncomfortable
feeling of being watched.

11. A man walks down a street and a giant sign behind him points in the
direction he is walking. Yet again, very clever use of his environments to
incorporate very ironic situations. Note that the man in the picture has his
left hand contrast the right hand behind him.

12. A line of soldiers supposedly hold back protestors at a rally. A woman
holding a flower confronts them with a flower. In terms of composition
there is a huge contrast between the two forces present. One of war
and the other of peace.