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  • #1396 - Elliott Erwitt

    Marilyn Monroe, New York, 1956
    #1396 - Elliott Erwitt

    “Taking pictures of celebrities is exactly like taking pictures of non-celebrities. Compose the photograph properly, try to evoke something special or unique given the available possibilities. Above all do not be intimidated. Remember that even the most exalted celebrities brush their teeth at night before going to bed”

    ~ Elliott Erwitt
    (1928-2023)

  • #1389 - Don Hunstein | Bob Dylan

    Bob Dylan & Suze, New York, 1960
    #1389 - Don Hunstein | Bob Dylan

    “I like America, just as everybody does. I love America, I gotta say that. But America will be judged”

     

    ~ Bob Dylan 

  • #1388 - Marc Riboud

    Yves Saint-Laurent, Paris, 1964
    #1388 - Marc Riboud

    “Photographs must be taken without an exchange of glances between the photographer and the subject. Without giving, without returning anything. I just shoot”

     

    ~ Marc Riboud
    (1923-2016)