Elliott Erwitt quotes

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 with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. (Elliott Erwitt)
The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words. View quote
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Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures. View quote
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I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'll always be an amateur photographer. View quote
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Be sure to take the lens cap off before photographing. View quote
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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. View quote
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Most photographers work best alone, myself included. View quote
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Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general. View quote
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My 'work' is about seeing not about ideas. (Elliott Erwitt)
I don't really have a favorite camera. I use a Leica and Canon a lot. It depends, especially professionally, on the requirements. But my carry-around camera is a Leica. View quote
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The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published. View quote
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I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones. View quote
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If your subjects are eternal... they'll survive. View quote
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When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere interesting I take my camera along. View quote
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All of my marriages lasted seven years. View quote
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I've been around so long, most editors think I'm dead. View quote
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Covering a historic event is perfectly legitimate. It's not sneaking into somebody's boudoir... These people belong to history, and not to record that if you have the opportunity would be wrong. View quote
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In those simpler days, you could just take pictures of movie stars and show them the way they were, as normal human beings. And if I felt part of any movement at the time, it was just to do that - to be journalistic and photograph what is, rather than what is made up. View quote
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I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good. (Elliott Erwitt)
My life has been quite interesting professionally. View quote
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Making books is a very specific kind of activity. It's not really a collection of your best pictures - although it is - but it's also a way of presenting your work so that it's not repetitive, so that it flows, and so that it makes sense in a book. View quote
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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 stuff. From high school onwards I was earning my way with photography, one way or another, working in darkrooms and taking pictures of weddings, neighbors' children and so on. View quote
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Now very often events are set up for photographers... The weddings are orchestrated about the photographers taking the picture, because if it hasn't been photographed it doesn't really exist. View quote
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Elliott Erwitt

Elliott Erwitt - Image
Photo: Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: French Photographer
Born: July 26, 1928
Died: November 30, 2023
Quotes count: 27

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