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Elliott Erwitt Biography
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1928 |
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Born in Paris to Russian parents, Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan, Italy
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1939 |
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Emigrated to the US, via France, with his family
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1942 - 1944 |
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Photography, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
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1948 |
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Moved to New York, NY
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1948 - 1950 |
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Film, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
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1953 |
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Worked as a freelance photographer for Collier's, Look, Life, Holiday and others
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1954 |
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Became a Magnum Photos member
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1960 - 1963 |
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Served as Magnum's president
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2011 |
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Awarded the ICP Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement from the International Center of Photography
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Lives and works in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best, (retrospective), International Center of Photography, New York (solo)
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Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
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Photokina, Cologne, Germany
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
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Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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New South Wales Museum of Art, Australia
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Camera Work, Berlin, Germany
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NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany
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| Literature |
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2008
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Elliott Erwitt's Dogs, teNeues, Germany
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2008
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Elliott Erwitt's New York, teNeues, Germany
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2006
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Personal Best, teNeues, Germany
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2005
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Woof, Chronicle Books LLC, USA
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2003
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Elliott Erwitt’s Handbook, The Quantuck Lane Press/W.W. Norton & Company, USA
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2002
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Snaps, Phaidon Press Ltd., USA
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1999
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DogsDogs, Phaidon Press Ltd., USA
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1999
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Museum Watching, Phaidon Press Ltd., USA
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1994
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Between the Sexes, W.W. Norton & Company, USA
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1992
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To the Dogs, DAP/Scalo, Zurich
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1991
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On the Beach, W.W. Norton & Company, USA
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1988
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Personal Exposures, W.W. Norton & Company, USA
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1974
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Son of Bitch, Viking, USA
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1972
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Photographs and Anti-Photographs, New York Graphic Society, USA
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