Elliott Erwitt : home around the world /

Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World' offers a timely and critical reconsideration of Erwitt's unparalleled life as a photographer. Produced alongside a major retrospective exhibition, the book features examples of Erwitt's early experiments in California, his intimate family portrai...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McDonald, Jessica S., 1974- (Author, Editor), Alexander, Stuart (Author), Corcoran, Sean, 1974- (Author), Hoelscher, Steven D. (Author)
Other Authors: Erwitt, Elliott
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Austin : Aperture ; Harry Ransom Center, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Description
Summary:Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World' offers a timely and critical reconsideration of Erwitt's unparalleled life as a photographer. Produced alongside a major retrospective exhibition, the book features examples of Erwitt's early experiments in California, his intimate family portraits in New York, his major magazine assignments and long-term documentary interests and his ongoing personal investigations of public spaces and their transitory inhabitants. Essays by photography experts based on extensive new interviews with the photographer consider less-studied aspects of Erwitt's work, including his engagement with social and political issues through photojournalism, the humanist qualities of his very early photographs and his work as a filmmaker. 'Home Around the World' traces the development and refinement of Erwitt's unique visual approach over time. With over two hundred photographs, and ephemera including magazine reproductions, advertisements and contact sheets, this volume is the first to offer a comprehensive historical treatment of Erwitt's body of work and position in the field.
Item Description:Published on the occasion of an exhibition of works from the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, held there, August 15, 2016-January 1, 2017.
Physical Description:311 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-311).
ISBN:9781597113694
1597113697