Sequential Images: Initial Research

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This week, sequential images were chosen for class task and research topic. I have chosen to research the photographer Elliott Erwitt.

Elliott Erwitt (1975) Sequentially Yours
Found in: The Eye of Photography

Elliot Erwitt highly utilised humane and comedic elements in his works like the picture shown above. He has released a collection of his works called "Sequentially Yours." It was published on September 2011 and introduced as ‘In this unique book, photographic legend Elliott Erwitt presents a series of vignettes, each showing a sequence of photographs shot just moments apart. The characters portrayed vary widely from infants to the elderly to dogs. The themes range from the buzz of street life to lovers in a casual embrace. True to Erwitt’s distinctive style, these images are un-staged, and the subjects’ spontaneity shines through—heartbeat by heartbeat. Gifted storyteller that he is, Erwitt gives you a sense of what happens next, the end point being sometimes comic, sometimes poignant, and often with a wink.’ (The Eye of Photography, 2011)

In his 70 years of career, Elliot Erwitt always kept his pictures, for which it was majorly taken with Rolleiflex camera, simple and off-the-cuff: to take pictures without plans or deep thoughts. He avoided taking too many photos for a series, as observed by two simple photos shown above. His photos were all taken in black-an-white colour scheme, which I want to try utilise in my sequential images to try bring out different emotions.

References:

The Eye of Photography (2022) Archives: Our Pick, Elliot Erwitt –Sequentially Yours [Online] Available from https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/elliot-erwitt-sequentially-yours/ (Accessed 7th October 2022)

Artnet (2022) Artists: Elliott Erwitt [Online] Available from http://www.artnet.com/artists/elliott-erwitt/ (Accessed 7th October 2022)

Elliot Erwitt (2022) About [Online] Available from https://www.elliotterwitt.com/about (Accessed 7th October 2022)

Comments

  1. Zoe Van-de-Velde14 October 2022 at 05:06

    The majority of this post is a quotation - what did you learn from looking at Elliot Erwitt - discuss composition, framing etc and think about his process related to your own

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