Coming back to my ongoing theme of Influential Photographers

You know what I mean. Occasionally an image stops you in your tracks, makes a strong connection.

By now if you have been following this blog you may have noticed a theme.

For me photography is all about observation. It seems self evident but not everyone sees the World in the same way..


It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy. Elliott Erwitt




His skill in being there at the decisive moment but being invisible at the same time is what I admire most. Anyone can point a camera at someone but only a few can take a powerful portrait.

So where do the dogs come in?

Well some of the photographs Elliott is most famous for are his wonderful portraits of dogs..

and of course it’s not just dogs..

I don’t think there is a wedding photographer in the world who at some point has not copied Ewritt’s style





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