Elliott Erwitt is considered one of the world's best-known photographers (1928 - 2023). His works, which are mostly in black and white, feature not only prominent personalities but also memorable moments in contemporary history, are considered modern masterpieces of photography. As a self-confessed dog fan, the four-legged friends also play a special role in his photographic work. The subtle humor in many of his images is Elliott Erwitt's trademark. He was born in Paris on July 26, 1928, the son of Russian immigrants, and spent his childhood in Milan. In 1939 the family emigrated, via France, to the USA. The passionate cosmopolitan returned again and again to the metropolis on the Seine, the scene of some of his first photographic excursions in the 1940s and the founding headquarters of the Magnum - always with his Leica.

Born in Nebraska, USA in 1979, he began photographing in 2001. Upon moving to Japan in 2004 he began regularly exhibiting in Tokyo galleries. Since 2008, he has shared Japan’s photographic culture with a global audience through Tokyo Camera Style. He joined Tokyo’s artist-run Totem Pole Photo Gallery in 2010, where he continues to present several photographic exhibitions each year, working with traditional film and darkroom techniques. Publications include five books of his own work as well as numerous photobooks and exhibition reviews.