#891 - Elliott Erwitt

Paris, Arc de Triomphe, 1956
#891 - Elliott Erwitt

“In life’s saddest winter moments, when you’ve been under a cloud for weeks, suddenly a glimpse of something wonderful can change the whole complexion of things, your entire feeling.The kind of photography I like to do, capturing the moment, it is very much like that break in the clouds. In a flash, a wonderful picture seems to come out of nowhere”

 

~ Elliott Erwitt

 

Walking along the Champs-Élysées towards the Arc de Triomphe is something many of us, in fact millions of us, have done so many times. Nothing much seems to happen when I’ve done it.

But in the hands of a master, magic suddenly appears out of the blue and Elliott creates an image that just glows with feeling and emotion.