Elliott Erwitt  (American, 1928) 

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