The best things happen when you just happen to be somewhere with a camera. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
When I get up in the morning I brush my teeth and go about my business, and if I am going anywhere… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don't have to explain things with words. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
You must have a visual sense if you want to be a photographer. It is a very subtle thing, this visual business. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I'm an amateur photographer, apart from being a professional one, and I think maybe my amateur pictures are the better ones. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I wasn't imposing my presence on anyone, which is very important for a would- be journalist. I stayed back. Always let people… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I like things that have to do with what is real, elegant, well presented and without excessive style. In other words, just… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
If you're not a curious person, you're certainly not going to be a good photographer. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
As a professional photographer I take photographs for other people to see - but I want them to see what I see.… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Working myself into a position of total versatility, so that I can do anything I want to do at the time I… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Photoshop is useful in many ways but must NEVER be used for the altering of photographs. My assistants and my agency do… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Photography is an art of observation - it's about creating something extraordinary out of the ordinary. You choose a frame and then… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
The work I care about is terribly simple. I observe. I try to entertain. But above all I want my pictures to… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Balance of light is the problem, not the amount. Balance between shadows and highlights determines where the emphasis goes in the picture...make… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Quality doesn't mean deep blacks and whatever tonal range. That's not quality, that's a kind of quality. The pictures of Robert Frank… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I'm almost violent about that stuff - electronic manipulation of pictures. I think it's an abomination. I reject it all. I mean,… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
The advice I would give to any photographer - young, old or in-between - is to explore anything visual because this is,… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Making pictures is a very simple act. There is no great secret in photography...schools are a bunch of crap. You just need… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Everybody's got to do something... I'd been on my own since an early age and I thought I better find something to… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I don't think you can create luck. You're either lucky or you're not. I don't know if it's really luck or if… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I'm not a serious photographer like many of my contemporaries. That is to say, I am serious about not being serious. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for the inability to notice. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
It's about time we started to take photography seriously and treat it as a hobby. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Somehow Photoshop and the ease with which one can produce an image has degraded the quality of photography in general. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
I enjoy nothing more than spending time with my loved ones, young and old, and at least once a year we get… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
The main thing is to study pictures and stop listening to the pontifictaions of photographers. Photographers aren't oracles of wisdom. If they're… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share Image
Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
Photoshop is useful in many ways but must NEVER be used for the altering of photographs. My assistants and my agency do whatever Photoshop… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
I don't really have a favorite camera. I use a Leica and Canon a lot. It depends, especially professionally, on the requirements. But my… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
It's just seeing - at least the photography I care about. You either see or you don't see. The rest is academic. Anyone can… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
After following the crowd for a while, I'd then go 180 degrees in the exact opposite direction. It always worked for me. — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organising… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
Photography is a craft. Anyone can learn a craft with normal intelligence and application. To take it beyond the craft is something else. That's… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
I see no difference between my pictures that people consider amusing and the rest. To me, it's all serious work - they're just a… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
Good photography is not about Zone Printing or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It's just about seeing. You either see or you don't see.… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
Professionally I've evolved with what's required, but the pictures I do for pleasure haven't changed, except for the cars in the background, the clothing.… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
Making people laugh is one of the highest achievements you can have. And when you can make someone laugh and cry, alternatively, as Chaplin… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's around you… — Elliott Erwitt Copy Share
