WONDERFUL BIG BOOK with more than 500 (!) pages and more than photos by the famous Magnum photographer. Signed by Elliott Erwitt. I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURE. VERY FRESH CONDITION. PLEASE ENJOY the newest edition of the more and more popular ONE-SELLER-PHOTOBOOK auctions by Ecki Heuser (5Uhr30.com/Cologne/Germany) on "Catawiki". It’s Christmas soon, so a great opportunity to purchase your gift - for others or for yourself. I selected for you more than 100 highly attractive LOTS from MY PERSONAL COLLECTION and from MY NEWEST ACQUISITIONS. IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE. New, mint, unread; only opened once for signature. Phaidon, London, New York. 2001. First edition, first printing. Hardcover with dustjacket. 200 x 280 mm. 544 pages. Photos: Elliott Erwitt. Design by SMITH, London. Text by Charles Flowers. Text in English. Condition: Dustjacket, protected by a professional (removable) clear plastic jacket, and book from outside in brilliant fresh and flawless, like new and unread condition. Book inside very fresh with no marks and with no foxing, like new and unread, but a few pages in the last part of the book with small or bigger imperfections at the bottom of the pages (perhaps due to the penetration of a sharp object from the outside onto the book edge), all other pages brandnew. Overall fine condition. Great photobook in very fresh condition - beautifully signed by the artist. Born on July 26, 1928, in Paris, Elliott Erwitt spent his childhood in Milan. His family moved back to Paris in 1938, and immigrated to New York the following year, then moved to Los Angeles in 1941. His interest in photography began while he was a teenager living in Hollywood. In 1948 Erwitt moved to New York, there he met Edward Steichen, Robert Capa and Roy Stryker. After spending the year 1949 traveling in France and Italy, Erwitt returned to New York and began working as a professional photographer. Drafted into the army in 1951, he continued to take photographs while stationed in Germany and France. Elliott Erwitt was invited to join Magnum Photos in 1953 by Robert Capa. A member of the prestigious agency ever since, Erwitt has served several terms as its president. One of the leading figures in the competitive field of magazine photography, Erwitt's journalistic essays, illustrations, and advertisements have been featured in publications around the world for more than forty years. In addition to his work as a still photographer, Erwitt began making films in 1970. He has published several books and has had one-man exhibitions in numerous museums including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institution, the Art Institute of Chicago, Paris' Museum of Modern Art and Zurich's Kunsthaus. #ExclusivePhotographersStudio