Vatican newspaper pays tribute to photographer Erwitt

August 05, 2011

Writing for L’Osservatore Romano,Gaetano Vallini has paid tribute to Elliott Erwitt, a black-and-white photographer born in 1928.

Erwitt, writes Vallini, “has always shown creativity, gusto, class, and eclecticism: qualities that have made him «»a model. But what distinguishes Erwitt is his irony, the capacity to find the most surreal and funny side of dramatic situations.”

 

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Further information:

• The extraordinary in the ordinary: The photography of Elliot Erwitt on exhibit in New York and Merano (L’Osservatore Romano)
• Elliott Erwitt (Wikipedia)