Contact Sheet Print: Marilyn Monroe. New York, 1956 Moments in History

Contact Sheet Print: Marilyn Monroe. New York, 1956 Moments in HistoryHaving 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

” Returning to London in the mid 1960s

but more from a sociological point of view

the same contrasts and tensions

Erwitt photographs the country with a humanistic flair

and it was certainly a conscious effort

Black expands the project into a greater portrait of an ever more divided and unequal America

three of my brothers-in-law died

and Martin Luther King

and edit which

The images capture and celebrate the unique mix of communities living in the area as well as existing

Davidson received a Guggenheim Fellowship

and city dwellers at rest in the park