
Hannah Shapiro
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Provenance
Acquired from the photographer by the present owner in 2003
Literature
Elliott Erwitt, Personal Exposures (New York, 1988), cover
Elliott Erwitt, Snaps (London, 2001), pp. 502-503
Elliott Erwitt, Elliott Erwitt: Personal Best (Kempen, 2009), p. 434
Note
In this astonishingly complex image, Elliott Erwitt captured the reflection of a newlywed couple in the side-view mirror of their car parked by the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica. The photograph was published on 24 December 1956 in a special issue of LIFE magazine devoted to The American Woman, Her Achievements and Troubles. It stands as one of Erwitt's most beloved photographs of his long career.