Elliott Erwitt is one of my all time favourite photographers. He has such a playful eye when it comes to this type of photography. I love this image because you need to look twice to see the joke.
I went to see Elliott Erwitt speak a few years ago at the fantastic Bradford Museum of Film and Photography which has recently become the National Media Museum. Not only was he a very interesting speaker but also very humble, the thing that surprised me the most was that he had gathered much of his body of work 'out of office hours' as it were (excluding obviously his Magnum work).
I've always imagined that photographers like Elliott Erwitt were 'full time'. This gave me a huge amount of inspiration to start my own collection when I realised you didn't have to be full-time to be a photographer.
You can visit his site here, or find out more about the man on Wiki. I also totally recommend Snaps as a book to buy as it is jammed with stunning images.
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