My first dream camera.: Sequential Imagery Research part II

Elliott Erwitt

The comings and goings of the Louvre, 1989. Source: Air Mail
Elliott Erwitt, original name in full Elio Romano Erwitz, (born July 26, 1928, in Paris, France), French-born American photographer and filmmaker who is known for his uncanny ability to capture on film the humor and irony of everyday life. Elliott sequences reveal the afterlife of photographs, in cinematic jump cuts the show people or animals kinetically recovering from the poses that the camera inflicts on them. Once a tragedy ends, human comedy is bound to resume.

Central Park, New York City, 1990

Source: The eye of Photography

Weinstein said that what distinguishes Erwitt from other photographers is their visual sense of humor. "He captures this moment of humor that is so hard for photographers to capture," he said. Indeed, many of Erwitt's photographs read like punchlines - whether it's a poodle on its hind legs in a crowd of people, looking like one of the gang, or a few guys dressed in tights and feathers grabbing a drink at the bar.

Weinstein also said Erwitt's work is refreshing in its lack of pretension. "It's not about art-speak, and planes and spaces and strokes and composition and all that, " he said. "You make a great image that moves people - and that's what Elliott does."

As Weinstein mentioned Elliott Erwitt has a sense of humor that distinguishes him from others photographers. I would love to try something like that, as well as have his eyes because as he said himself "iconic is in the eyes of the beholder."