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Elliott Erwitt

Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy

Elliott Erwitt

Photographer
French-American·b. 1928 – d. 2023·Website ↗
Known for:
humorous and observational street photography
Education:
Art Center School, Los Angeles; New School for Social Research, New York

Elliott Erwitt joined Magnum Photos in 1953 and spent the following seven decades photographing people, animals, and the intersections between them with an eye for absurdity and quiet observation. He is best known for his photographs of dogs, though his portfolio also includes political images - among them a photograph of Nixon and Khrushchev during the Kitchen Debate. He directed award-winning films and television commercials alongside his still photography career.

Elliott Erwitt's Gear List(3)

Leica M3
Leica M3

Leica

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Said "Leica M3. It's just the best. The one that I use the most."

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Introduced in 1954, the M3 was Leitz's first camera to use the M bayonet mount. Its combined viewfinder and rangefinder, with 0.91x magnification, set a standard for 35mm rangefinder design that every subsequent Leica M followed.

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Kodak Tri-X 400

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Preferred B&W film for personal work

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In production since 1954, Tri-X 400 is a black-and-white film whose grain structure, broad exposure latitude, and response to push processing made it the dominant film in photojournalism and street photography for decades.

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Kodak Kodachrome 64

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Used for business/commercial assignments

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Kodachrome 64 is a color reversal (slide) film discontinued by Kodak in 2010 after more than seven decades of production. Its dye-based structure produced colors with exceptional stability and saturation, and it was the predominant film in professional color photography for much of the postwar period.

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