To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

On the Beach 1991. Photography career
Born in Paris of Jewish-Russian immigrant parents Erwitt served as a photographer's assistant in the 1950s in the United States Army while stationed in France and Germany. Elliott Erwitt's Handbook 2002.

Elliott Erwitt (b. 26 July 1928 Paris France) is an advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid shots of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings— a master of Henri Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment".