Elliott Erwitt (b. 1928 Paris, American)
spent his formative years in Europe before
moving to the United States, where he
would meet his mentors: the prominent
photographers Edward Steichen, Robert
Capa, and Roy Stryker. His extensive
travels contributed to a distinguished
style that captured life’s absurdities with
humane candor and shaped the golden
period of editorial photography and
magazines such as Collier’s, Holiday,
Look, and LIFE. Outside his commercial
career, Erwitt created personal black-
and-white work that reflects his love
of family life and, in particular, children
and pets.
–Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections

–American Playlist: Selections From The University At Albany Art Collections