By Rolando Cortez & Brenda Agavo

Early Life  Elliott Erwitt was born on july 26, 1928, in Paris France.  In 1939 at the age of ten, Erwitts family, of russian origin, immigrated to the united states.  Erwitt studied photography and filmmaking at Los Angeles City College and the New School for Social Research, finishing his education in 1950.

 Erwitt is considered a master of Henri Cartier-Bressons “decisive moment”.  He was awarded The Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS) in recognition of a sustained, significant contribution to the art of photography in 2002.

Gallery “It’s about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It’s simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what’s around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.” – Elliott Erwitt

Notable photographs  Streetlevel shot comparing the size of a woman's feet to a sweatered chihuahua.

 The picture is named Pittsburgh Photo by Elliott Erwitt.

 This is called cracked glass with boy, Colorado.

 This is a picture of Elliott Erwitt in 1957 at the Nordic Light Festival.

 Che Guevara was one of the many people who Elliott Erwitt photographed.  This photo was taken at an interview in New York.

 This a photo of Elliott in glass.

 This is a photo of new orleans back in 1949, tooken by Elliott Erwitt.

 This is a picture of a portrait of a famous russian dictator, tooken by Elliott Erwitt.

 This is another famous photograph by Elliott Erwitt, Image of a side-view mirror of an automobile parked facing a beach sunset, with a playful couple shown in the mirror as the focal point.

 Elliott Erwitt in the Westlicht Museum Of Photography, Vienna, 2012.

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