Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/12/06

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Subject: [Leica] Elliot Erwitt
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 17:21:00 +0000
References: <CADjf=XKtutCDCGaD_rNVUusdwXw2zj-a0LbkZ1y0qUB3qBEayw@mail.gmail.com> <183c771e-1f9f-468e-9a1e-b941f5ff4167@iol.ie> <C239D663-CAF1-4B67-AEF5-E11FC38D0651@wesselphoto.com>

Good photos and interesting article. I particularly liked this question 
and its answer
DD: You have had such a varied life and lived in so many places? Which 
country or place has inspired you the most?
Elliot Erwitt: Ireland and Brazil.

Douglas
awaiting inspiration in a currently rainy Ireland


On 06/12/2023 01:41, Keith Wessel wrote:
> I posted a couple photos I took of Elliot Erwitt in 1987
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/krwessel/ellioterwitt/1746-4904+copy.jpg.html
>   
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/krwessel/ellioterwitt/1746-4904+copy.jpg.html>
>
> Thirty years later I had an opportunity to go to a show with Erwitt photos 
> on one side and HCB on the other.  Erwitt used one room to feature Andre 
> S. Solider.  I must say he had amusing photos in that room.
>
> https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/9687/1/the-art-of-andre-s-solidor-aka-elliott-erwitt
>   
> <https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/9687/1/the-art-of-andre-s-solidor-aka-elliott-erwitt>
>
>> On Dec 5, 2023, at 2:40 PM, Douglas Barry<imra at iol.ie>  wrote:
>>
>> He sent you back your photos too! Pretty decent guy.
>> Douglas
>>
>> On 04/12/2023 16:31, Alan Magayne-Roshak via LUG wrote:
>>> Not only was Elliott Erwitt a great photographer, but a kind person.
>>>
>>> In 1988 I sent him some of my humorous B&W photos (now in my Enigmatic
>>> Album), and he responded with a hand-written note.
>>> <
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Enigmatic/19881018_EE_Notecard_2.jpg.html
>>
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In reply to: Message from amagayneroshak at gmail.com (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] Elliot Erwitt)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] Elliot Erwitt)
Message from keith at wesselphoto.com (Keith Wessel) ([Leica] Elliot Erwitt)