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Elliott Erwitt

1928 - 2023

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Elliott Erwitt (born Elio Romano Erwitz, July 26, 1928 – November 29, 2023) was a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. He was a member of Magnum Photos from 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elliott Erwitt is the 19th most popular photographer (down from 11th in 2019), the 1,686th most popular biography from France (down from 1,081st in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Elliott Erwitt ranks 19 out of 148. Before him are Felice Beato, Annie Leibovitz, Brassaï, Wilhelm von Gloeden, Yousuf Karsh, and Nobuyoshi Araki. After him are Gunter Sachs, Diane Arbus, Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, and August Sander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Elliott Erwitt ranks 113. Before him are Bernard Buffet, Ida Haendel, Seymour Papert, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Vladimir Beara, and Sara Montiel. After him are Paul Elvstrøm, Adam West, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Gene Sharp, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Friedrich Wetter. Among people deceased in 2023, Elliott Erwitt ranks 94. Before him are John B. Goodenough, Viktor Belenko, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Françoise Gilot, Jan Jongbloed, and Gianni Vattimo. After him are Federico Bahamontes, Josephine Chaplin, Piper Laurie, Luis Garavito, Antonio Carbajal, and Wayne Shorter.

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In France

Among people born in France, Elliott Erwitt ranks 1,686 out of 6,770. Before him are Hugh of Cluny (1024), Roger Lemerre (1941), Gersonides (1288), Eugène de Mazenod (1782), Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777), and Everard des Barres (1113). After him are Paul Gachet (1828), Henry II, Duke of Lorraine (1563), Caesarius of Arles (470), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Pierre Puget (1620), and William of Champeaux (1070).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In France

Among photographers born in France, Elliott Erwitt ranks 5. Before him are Nadar (1820), Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908), Dora Maar (1907), and Robert Doisneau (1912). After him are Étienne Carjat (1828), Sophie Calle (1953), Claude Cahun (1894), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819), Hippolyte Bayard (1801), and Patrick Demarchelier (1943).

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