Elliott Erwitt

Most photographers work best alone, myself included.

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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.

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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.

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A visual sense is something you either have or you don't.

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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.

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I appreciate simplicity, true beauty that lasts over time, and a little wit and eclecticism that make life more fun.

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I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get together for a formal family photograph.

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Quotes by Elliott Erwitt