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

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Degraded Ease General Image Photography Photoshop Produce Quality Somehow Which

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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 days. But as long as you go on taking pictures, you're likely to get a good one at some point.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Contact Days Get Go Good Likely Long None Pictures Point Ratio Several Sheet Shots Some Sometimes Successful Taking You

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It's almost embarrassing, but I do have one trick for taking portraits on commission. I carry one of these little bicycle horns in my pocket, and once in a while, when someone is sour-faced or stiff, I blow my horn. It sort of shatters the barriers. It's silly, but it works.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Almost Barriers Bicycle Blow Carry Commission Embarrassing Horn Horns Little Once Pocket Portraits Silly Someone Sort Stiff Taking Trick While Works

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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.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Belong Covering Event Historic History Legitimate Opportunity People Perfectly Record Sneaking Somebody Would Wrong You

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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.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: About Because Been Events Exist Now Often Photographed Photographers Picture Really Set Taking Up Very Weddings

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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.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Camera Canon Depends Favorite Lot Professionally Really Requirements Use

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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.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Activity Also Although Best Book Books Collection Flows Kind Makes Making Pictures Presenting Really Repetitive Sense Specific Very Way Work Your

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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.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Any Beings Could Days Felt Human Human Beings Journalistic Just Made Movement Movie Movie Stars Normal Part Photograph Pictures Rather Show Simpler Stars Take Than Them Those Time Up Way Were You

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All of my marriages lasted seven years.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Lasted Marriages Seven Years

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Most photographers work best alone, myself included.

~Elliott Erwitt

Topics: Alone Best Included Most Myself Photographers Work

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Photographer

Born: July 26th, 1928

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