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32 quotes by Elliott Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt (b. 26 July 1928 Paris, France) is an advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid shots of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings— a master of Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment".
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To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do... →

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Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.

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I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.

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I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

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I'm almost violent about that stuff - electronic manipulation of pictures. I think it's an abomination. I reject it all. I mean, it's OK... →

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I'll always be an amateur photographer.

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Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing.

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Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general.

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I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious.

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A visual sense is something you either have or you don't.

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Everybody's got to do something... I'd been on my own since an early age and I thought I better find something to do to buy biscuits and... →

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The ratio of successful shots is one in God-knows-how-many. Sometimes you'll get several in one contact sheet, and sometimes it's none for... →

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If your subjects are eternal... they'll survive.

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