Elliot Erwitt video - feat. leica MP

[JHP]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17295728

Interesting video, one of my favourite photographers with my favourite camera.

 

[folville]

"The real trick to taking pictures is just to be patient and wait for them to happen" Great advice!

Thanks for posting the link. 🙂

 

[raytoei@gmail.com]

thanks for sharing.

 

[jippiejee]

Interesting. Love his sequences.

 

[jsrockit]

Perhaps it should have been:

"Elliot Erwitt video - feat. his lovely sequences"

😉

 

[kdemas]

Nice video, thanks for posting. He has an interesting eye for the subtle humor of everyday life.

 

[sanmich]

The guy has the sharpest sense of humor of any photographer I know.
I like his spirit very much...

 

[Dektol Dan]

So How Many Good Shots on a Roll?

So How Many Good Shots on a Roll?

Someone posted that a short while back, and I claimed to bat .500 on a good day. I like to shoot in series, it's photo journalism of a sort, you know, be a story teller. I was taught this in school, and it was part of a a film class I was taking also. It's a 35mm tradition.

The other thing to remember is that if you want a better batting average then go where the pictures are. If you cast a line in a vacant pool you won't catch fish. And similarly, be patient and blend in with the scenery.

My grandfather loved to sit on a bench at the ferry terminal in Oakland California just to watch folks come and go. I have taken up a similar practice, often taking up a little conversations with the folks I meet in public places. Then I ask them for their picture. I always remember those folks and their stories. That's why I shoot pictures: for my memory book of us.

 

[mathiasprinz]

Gotta love Erwitt. This guy is so funny and clever, just like his pictures.

 

[efirmage]

Admirably humble and quite talented. Erwitt's images are both graceful and rich, thanks for sharing!

 

[jsrockit]

Someone posted that a short while back, and I claimed to bat .500 on a good day. I like to shoot in series, it's photo journalism of a sort, you know, be a story teller. I was taught this in school, and it was part of a a film class I was taking also. It's a 35mm tradition.

Half of the photos you make are keepers?

 

[kshapero]

Really nice and he is not obnoxious as well.

 

[Lauffray]

"pixels which I don't know how to deal with very well" - I love this guy ! 🙂

 

[BobYIL]

I find him very unique for being funny, satirical, humorous as person as well as in expressing of what he sees; recalling Lartigue or Doisneau of some sort. He creates a caricature out of the usual and ordinary however by also knowing where to get utterly serious; an admirable talent, a very bright personality.

(A sad fact is that the ones who made Magnum the Magnum are disappearing slowly..)

 

[Turtle]

He is inspirational and I think his simple, unpretentious playfulness is a refreshing antithesis to much of the over-thought conceptual work being produced today. He is also, IMO, rather more unique than initially meets the eye. He uses such a range of skills whereas some of the younger photographers in this genrea perhaps rely much more heavily on one approach, such as visual juxtaposition.

 

[JHP]

Perhaps it should have been:

"Elliot Erwitt video - feat. his lovely sequences"

😉

Have to make it relevant to this 'rangefinderforum' don't I?

 

[Lflex]

(A sad fact is that the ones who made Magnum the Magnum are disappearing slowly..)

That's not sad that is just life - things change and IMO it is amazing that Magnum was able to renew itself with modern visionaries such as Parr, Soth et al.

Loved the video, btw.

 

[Nokton48]

I have always liked Elliot Erwitt and his sense of humor.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[DSkjaeve]

One of the best in my opinion! (for reasons stated by others)

 

[John Lawrence]

Nice link.

Thanks for posting.

John