Elliot Erwitt

Elliot Erwitt is an American photographer well known for his black and white photos of everyday situations. He captures the ironic or absurd moments and this gives it a different perspective to these common occurrences. 

He uses black and white photography to bring out the fine details in the images. In this photo of a couple rather than take a photo of them he uses the side mirror of the car to view them. He also puts the background out of focus and adds noise to it. This brings more emphasis on the couple.

In this photo he captured a kid and an adult, possibly the father on a see saw. He captured them as the father was going up and the kid going down.Normally this wouldn't happen as the father is bigger. This means that the father helped the little girl out to make her feel better. He also uses reflective surfaces as a recurring motif in his photos. This can be seen in the first photo and the one below.