Celebrated US photographer Elliott Erwitt dies at 95


By AGENCY
French-born US photographer Elliott Erwitt poses on February 2, 2010 at La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris. Erwitt died on November 30, 2023 in New York at the age of 95, according to US media reports. — Photo: AFP

US photographer Elliott Erwitt, renowned for capturing the lighter side of his subjects, their canine companions and celebrities, has died aged 95, the Magnum agency where he was a mainstay said Thursday.

"He died peacefully at home surrounded by family," the storied agency, founded in 1947, wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

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