Phakathi kwabafoti abaziwayo bekhulu lokugqibela sifumana iMelika UElliott erwitt. Uyaziwa ngetalente yakhe yokuthwebula iifoto ngokuhlekisa, uburharha, kunye nee-engile ezahlukeneyo. Ukubonakalisa ubomi bemihla ngemihla yenye yeempawu zayo, ezibandakanya inani elikhulu lemifanekiso eneenja. Sithetha ngale nto inomdla wobomi bakhe.
U-Erwitt wazalelwa eParis ngo-1928, nangona wayeza kuhlala e-Itali. Nangona kunjalo, iMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi yamnyanzela ukuba afudukele eUnited States nentsapho yakhe. Apho wadibana noEdward Steichen, uRoy Striker kunye noRobert Capa, enkosi kubo awakwazi ukuba yinxalenye yodumo Iarhente yeMagnum, eyayiza kuthi ekugqibeleni ibe ngumongameli wayo.
Umsebenzi wakhe uquka okungapheliyo imixholo kunye nezimbo. Ufikile ukufota Ukusuka kwiinkwenkwezi zeseluloid, njengoMarilyn Monroe, kubantu ababalulekileyo kwezopolitiko, njengoJohn Kennedy okanye uRichard Nixon. Ke, uyile imifanekiso yokwenyani ye-iconic eye yangena kwimbali yokufota, enkosi ngaphezulu kwako konke ukubamba uburharha ebazisela bona. Nangona eyona nto ibalulekileyo emifanekisweni yakhe yitalente afota ngayo inyani, ngokusebenzisa izifinyezo ezikrelekrele nezingaqhelekanga.
Obu bukho bobukho bezinja emsebenzini wakhe ngo-2011 obubhaliweyo malunga nomsebenzi wakhe "Ndikhonkotha izinja" ("Ndikhonkotha izinja"), ngembeko yenkohliso ayisebenzisayo ukutsala umdla walezi zilwanyana. Ukongeza, uneencwadi ezininzi aqokelela kuzo iifoto ezinje ngo "Ubomi bezinja" (2004).
"Ukufundwa akufundwa, kuyenziwa," ucacisa u-Erwitt, exatyiswe kakhulu ngenxa yendlela yakhe yokuqonda obu bugcisa. Siyazibona iifoto zakho kwi iphepha lewebhu, phakathi kwazo sifumana uninzi lwezinja ezihamba kunye nabanini bazo, ukutsiba, ukukhonkotha, ukudlala, njl. Ngokuqinisekileyo malunga uthotho lwemifanekiso Unomdla, uhlekisayo kwaye unemvakalelo, apho inja iphambili kuyo.