{"id":6819,"date":"2016-04-07T14:39:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T12:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perspektivet.no\/en\/?post_type=utstillinger&p=6819"},"modified":"2023-02-02T15:39:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T14:39:43","slug":"dog-dogs","status":"publish","type":"bc_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/perspektivet.no\/en\/exhibitions\/dog-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Dog Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Photos of dogs? Well, yes \u2013 but through Elliott Erwitt\u2019s lens these images document so much more than just banal motifs. He captures the moment, the feeling, the humor which can be encapsulated by photography\u2019s immediate snapshot of reality. In Erwitt\u2019s images, one can see the human reflexes as an underlying tone in the photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dog pictures work on two levels. Dogs are simply funny when you catch them in certain situations, so some people like my pictures just because they like dogs. But dogs have human qualities, and I think my pictures have an anthropomorphic appeal. Essentially, they have nothing to do with dogs\u2026 I mean, I hope what they\u2019re about is the human condition. But people can take them as they like.
<\/p>Elliott Erwitt<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Elliott Erwitt<\/a> was born in France to Russian parents in 1928: he was then partly raised in Italy and has since resided in a number of countries. Today he lives mainly in New York. He became a member of the prestigious agency Magnum Photos in 1953, and has served as its president for three terms since 1968. Erwitt worked as a freelance photographer for Collier \u2018s<\/em>, Look<\/em>, Life<\/em>, Holiday<\/em> and other magazines in the golden age of photojournalism.<\/p>\n\n\n