Elliott Erwitt exhibition - Fotografiska/Sweden

© Elliott Erwitt USA-Bakersfield-California-1983

December 6 - March 2, 2014 

Fotografiska
Stadsgårdshamnen 22
116 45 Stockholm

Elliott Erwitt is the photographer who notices details that most people miss, situations before they occur. “There is really nothing mysterious about photography”, Elliott explains. “It’s about observing. Often it’s a matter of luck and circumstance. Hopefully I haven’t taken my best picture yet.” 

The exhibition at Fotografiska offers our visitors a unique opportunity for to acquaint themselves with one of the world’s most acclaimed photographers and see what he has captured. So far.

Today his images can be seen in museums and important collections all over the world. But he has not slowed down; he continues to do commercial work and take pictures for new books. So far he has produced some 45 titles. “I like to see my photos in books. It’s an acknowledgement of my work.”

“I want to evoke emotion with my photographs, to make people either laugh or cry. If you can achieve that I think you’ve done well”, Elliott Erwitt explains.

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A hundred years of grit: Film celebrates a century of New York street photography

Subway by Bruce Davidson - NYC 1980: Everybody Street illuminates the lives and work of New York's iconic street photographers and the incomparable city that has inspired them for decades

By James Daniel /Mail Online/

There are few cities in the world that photograph quite as well as New York and it seems that since the dawn of photography, the people who have lived in the Big Apple have thought much the same way.

From the city’s iconic skyline, to the graffiti-covered subways, a new documentary, ‘Everybody Street’ showcases the lives and work of New York's iconic street photographers. There's no better playground for a photographer than a bustling, loud, dynamic city.

The film pays homage to some of the original street photographers, some of whom first hit the sidewalks, camera in hand, almost 90 years ago to capture the comings and goings of New Yorkers.

‘Street photography is the hardest photography because you have to think on your feet,’ claims Mary Ellen Mark, who along with fellow lensmen like Elliott Erwitt, Bruce Davidson, Jeff Mermelstein, Ricky Powell, and Jamel Shabazz have been capturing the city on film for decades.

The film pays tribute to New York’s best-known street photographers, exploring their careers and influences, and revealing them to be as entertaining and unforgettable as the images they create.

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"Everybody Street" by Cheryl Dunn

"Everybody Street" illuminates the lives and work of New York's iconic street photographers and the incomparable city that has inspired them for decades. The documentary pays tribute to the spirit of street photography through a cinematic exploration of New York City, and captures the visceral rush, singular perseverance and at times immediate danger customary to these artists.

Featured Photographers:

Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt, Jill Freedman, Bruce Gilden, Joel Meyerowitz, Rebecca Lepkoff, Mary Ellen Mark, Jeff Mermelstein, Clayton Patterson, Ricky Powell, Jamel Shabazz, Martha Cooper, and Boogie, with historians Max Kozloff and Luc Sante. 

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