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Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good

Jul 05, 2019 | IMDB 7

52 min Watch Now

Documentary

Elliott Erwitt has spent his entire adult life taking photographs, of presidents, popes and movie stars, as well as regular people and their pets. His work is iconic in world culture while his life is largely unknown.

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