Contact Sheet Print: Marilyn Monroe. New York, 1956 Black and White Over the ten days

Over the ten days

He first set out for South Africa as a boy of seventeen and thus began a career of recording ordinary lives in extraordinary circumstances

It was a portrait of a community

presenting 120 of his most iconic images from his travels in Southern America

plus migration and rootlessness

Contact Sheet Print: Marilyn Monroe. New York, 1956 Black and White Over the ten daysHaving dedicated a lifetime to the observation and documentation of the United States, Elliott Erwitts work now stands as a testament to what it means to be a modern American. From grandstanding politicians and celebrity culture, to cinematic vistas, Erwitts vision of the nation manages to be both unique in perspective and universally affecting. Erwitt photographed Marilyn Monroe a number of times during her career, making a point to always treat her