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World-renowned photographer Elliott Erwitt has photographed a wide variety of subjects, from major historical figures to Parisian passersby and poodles. Erwitt presented personal favorites and well-known pieces at the Harry Ransom Center on Thursday night.
Erwitt joined the Magnum Photos agency in 1953, and his photos will be archived along with other Magnum pieces at the Ransom Center.
UT photography students said the photos they submitted to the exhibition of the UT chapter of the National Press Photographers Association on Sunday night were not necessarily geared toward publication in newspapers.
Rather, the photos — from a young girl on a swing at a carnival to a group of Indian children near an ocean — showed off students’ creative energies.
Plan II and photojournalism senior Ryan Edwards submitted a photograph of a girl drinking.
