'What Were You Thinking?' with Legendary Magnum Photographer Elliott Erwitt

Every now and again I fall a little bit in love with the person I'm interviewing. Like Elliott. I want to see him again (continued)...

Gear Used for This Video

Panasonic GH5s

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Aputure Lightstorm LS 1/2W

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Glyph Technologies Atom RAID 2-Terabyte SSD

[jkb]

"I don't like to talk about anything." That sealed it for me. What a great guy. Zero pretense.

[alexforsyth]

I could listen to Elliott all day long but his photographs speak volumes. He often says he is not a good talker and with photographs like his and his sense of humor and humanity it would be great loss. He is one of the all-time greats!

[w.lazariuk]

Elliott was my first inspiration and kept me in the darkroom for many hours. Thank you for this!

[leonardgrant]

Elliott Erwitt is my favorite, funny he is answering directly there are no fills in his answers.

[IannisMaragakis]

"Thumbs up" is actually an understatement here...

[ARTEGO]

An amazing Photographer and an amazing sense of Humor! I especially liked chapter number 3

[lisaostrowski]

I love him : ) One of, possibly my favorite, photographer. Thank you both!

[nickfanzo]

He’s a legend, always has good humor, especially in the photographs

[jluvnklee]

Thank you for putting this out there. The new generation needs it badly.

[bigthanakrit]

So much in love with Elliott Erwitt and his great works! Thank you!

[PaulAmyes]

I was lucky to be able to spend a day with Elliot 15 years ago. It was a very special experience. He talked passionately about photography, both his commercial work and what he considered his hobby street photography. He also talked about photographers rights and the vigorous need to defend copyright. A great man and a great photographer.

[richardsimms]

What a smart and articulate guy. Thank you.
RS. Canada

[findermanimages]

Lovely, honest and down to earth man. His photography is inspirational. Elliot isn't half bad, too! Great interview, Hugh. I'm 5 years late to this, but I got here in the end 😉

[anima]

❤️ My surname is Elliott, spelt slightly different but I have always felt proud (and more than slightly intimidated/overshadowed) by Mr Erwitt 🌞 he's such a cutie in his golden years 😍 lucky interviewer! X

[AdamCzarnowski]

'I don't think so. (Pause.) No. (Pause.) You can't compose very well with a telephone.' Priceless.

[MichaelDrips]

Thanks for this interview. I saw an exhibition of his work in Paris last month. His parents fled the Russian revolution to Paris, but there’s never been any information about them. Elliot grew up in Europe and the USA, so he’s an accomplished linguist. His body of work (600, 000+ photos) is simply amazing!

[absolute]

Three things I love about this video - Elliott Erwitt, his work and the jazz music in outro

[urbanimage]

I've always liked Elliott Erwitt's no nonsense approach to photography as a craft. In my opinion he's really a photographers photographer.

[douggottlieb]

He and his photos are so alike -- both delight. One of a kind

[romiemiller]

My paternal grandfather and my father were dentists. I ended up as a photographer. My grandfather gave me my first camera, a plastic Brownie that used 127 film. That got me started.