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Elliott Erwitt: Last Laughs

$75.00

By Elliott Erwitt; Foreword by Graydon Carter and Nathan King

Born in 1928, Elliott Erwitt was the grand seigneur of magazine photography, a long-standing member of the famous Magnum Photos agency and its one-time vice-president. The widely travelled photojournalist knew how to document contemporary history and snapshots of life with heart and humor. Whether celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy, ordinary people on the streets of New York or his favorite animal subject, dogs, he captured the humor in everyday scenes in an incomparable way. Shortly before his death in 2023, he curated the selections in this landmark book which bears the unmistakable signature of his photography: tongue-in-cheek glances at the lives of others that also serve as impressive documents of contemporary history. Last Laughs is a wonderful, sometimes melancholy book of hand-picked photographic moments full of nostalgia and humor.

Retail Price: $75
Details: Hardcover, 208 pages, 13.5” x 11”
Publisher: teNeues

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By Elliott Erwitt; Foreword by Graydon Carter and Nathan King

Born in 1928, Elliott Erwitt was the grand seigneur of magazine photography, a long-standing member of the famous Magnum Photos agency and its one-time vice-president. The widely travelled photojournalist knew how to document contemporary history and snapshots of life with heart and humor. Whether celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe and Jackie Kennedy, ordinary people on the streets of New York or his favorite animal subject, dogs, he captured the humor in everyday scenes in an incomparable way. Shortly before his death in 2023, he curated the selections in this landmark book which bears the unmistakable signature of his photography: tongue-in-cheek glances at the lives of others that also serve as impressive documents of contemporary history. Last Laughs is a wonderful, sometimes melancholy book of hand-picked photographic moments full of nostalgia and humor.

Retail Price: $75
Details: Hardcover, 208 pages, 13.5” x 11”
Publisher: teNeues

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  • Elliott Erwitt, born in Paris to Russian parents, came to the U.S. in the late 1930s. After establishing himself as a magazine photographer over the next decade and a half, he joined the renowned Magnum photo agency in 1953. In addition to his work for magazines, he also had great success as an advertising photographer. Until his death in December 2023 he lived in New York.

    Graydon Carter is the founder and editor of Air Mail.

    Nathan King is a deputy editor at Air Mail.