{"id":40507,"date":"2025-07-05T10:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T10:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/40507\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T10:17:09","slug":"elliott-erwitts-humorous-photos-are-collected-in-the-last-laughs-coffee-table-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/40507\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliott Erwitt’s Humorous Photos Are Collected in the “Last Laughs” Coffee-Table Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the grand tradition of 20th-century photography, there are many great image-makers. But few were so skilled as Elliott Erwitt<\/a> when it came to gently capturing the poignant absurdities and paradoxes of the human condition. This delightful new collection, Last Laughs, is a monument to Erwitt\u2019s unique vision and compassionate wit, a tour de force that assembles some of the most indelible photographs from his vast archive.<\/p>\n

Erwitt\u2019s sense of humor seems to have been the by-product of an unconventional upbringing. Born in Paris<\/a> in 1928 to Russian parents, he then lived in Italy before immigrating to the U.S. at age 10. It was as a painfully shy 15-year-old in Hollywood that he traded his watch for a Rolleiflex camera, and an obsession took hold. Erwitt quickly became familiar with the trenches, both literal and metaphorical: having served as a photographer\u2019s assistant in the army, he subsequently launched a career in commercial photography for magazines, advertising agencies, and film studios.<\/p>\n

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