Thursday, October 5, 2023

Sequential Images Initial Research

Sequentally Yours (Marilyn Monroe) by Elliott Erwitt, 1954

Elliott Erwitt was a famous French- American advertising and documentary photographer, born in 1928. He started his adventure with photography by working in the darkroom and then continued it at Los Angeles City College. His next step was to study film at the New School for Social Research in New York. During his long career, he became famous for his black and white photographs presenting ironic and absurd situations.


                                      Elliott Erwitt, Seqentally Yours (Marilyn Monroe), 1954


The above photograph sequence is, in my opinion, one of the most famous image sequences in history. In the Photos we can see the famous actress Marilyn Monroe in a beautiful white dress, blown up by a sudden gust of wind. The pictures taken in 1954 have gone down forever in the history of pop culture and Marilyn Monroe was remembered as a sex icon. This shows us how significant the role of photography can be. As a fan of classic black and white photography, I hope to create images similar to those of Elliott Erwitt, who created many iconic photographs.






References:

Magnum Photos. 2023. Elliott Erwitt. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.magnumphotos.com/photographer/elliott-erwitt/. [Accessed 8 October 2023].

Elliott Erwitt. 2023. Elliott Erwitt. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.elliotterwitt.com/galleries. [Accessed 8 October 2023].

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1 comment:

  1. DMUEricOctober 12, 2023 at 6:37 AM

    You are right, these are iconic images indeed. As you may know, this was a photoshoot replicating a scene in the film The Seven Year Itch and popularised the flowing white dress.
    Its a bold claim that this is the most famous sequence of images in history, is this a personal opinion or have you sourced this from somewhere?
    Do you think the work of Erwitt will influence any of your future work?

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