Wednesday January 1, 2003, Santa Monica, California, USA

Santa Monica pier

Photo cut outs for tourists to pose with on the Santa Monica pier.

Credit: Misha Erwitt / Polaris

Monday March 3, 2003, San Diego, California, USA

Departure from San Diego on board of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz

Family members hold a flag on the dock as the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz leaves for a deployment to the Arabian Gulf at the North Island naval Air Station where the Nimitz was docked.

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Friday September 27, 2002, Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, USA

Kealakekua Bay in Hawaii

Couple silhouetted in a scenic view of Kealakekua Bay.

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Thursday October 11, 1990, New York, New York, USA

Milton Berle

Comedian Milton Berle.

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Sunday December 6, 1998, Sikayari, Nicaragua

Aid delivery to Nicaragua

Aid delivery to Siksayari near the Honduran border in northern Nicaragua. Children from the village wait for candy being given by the U.S.Army helicopter crew.

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Tuesday September 2, 2003, Hermosa Beach, California, USA

Swimming race

Pier to Pier swimming race.

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Wednesday August 22, 2001, Los Angeles, California, USA

Actress Shirley Maclaine

Jill a 5 year old Brussels Griffon whose screen credits include a leading role in "As Good As It Gets" with Jack Nicholson as her co-star, poses with actress Shirley Maclaine on the location of "Carolina".

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Monday March 3, 2003, San Diego, California, USA

Departure from San Diego on board of aircraft carrier USS Nimitz

A plane dragging a banner reading "FREE IRAQ" flies over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz before it leaves for a deployment to the Arabian Gulf at the North Island Naval Air Station where the Nimitz was docked.

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Sunday February 16, 2003, San Francisco, California, USA

Anti war protest

Anti-war demonstrators gather at the Embacadero on Market Street before marching to the Civic Center in San Francisco.

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Wednesday January 15, 2003, Hollywood, California, USA

Hollywood sign

The Hollywood sign.

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Friday April 15, 1994, New York, New York, USA

Senior citizen

Senoir citizen at a senior citizen center in Queens.

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Tuesday September 24, 2002, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA

Volcanoes National Park

Tourists pose for pictures by volcanoe steam vents along the Crater Rim Road in the Volcanoes National Park.

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Wednesday June 13, 2001, Vernon, California, USA

Director Steven Spielberg

Director Steven Spielberg.

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Yangon, Myanmar

Corrective eye surgery aboard a DC-8 aiplane

Corrective eye surgery being performed in an operating theater aboard a DC-8 aiplane on the tarmac.

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Tuesday January 11, 2000, Hollywood, California, USA

James Franco

Actor James Franco on Hollywood Boulevard.

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Friday April 23, 1999, New York, New York, USA

Baptism in Harlem

Outdoor baptism with a fire hose in Harlem.

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Thailand

Karen refugees in an encampment

Karen refugees in an encampment on the Thai side of the Myanmar Thailand border.

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July 2000

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar.

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Saturday April 23, 1994, San Fernando, Philippines

Easter Philippines

Penitants flagelate themselves on Easter weekend.

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Brooklyn, New York, USA

Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

Lubovitcher Grand Rabbi Menachem Schneerson at his home in Crown Heights.

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Bangla Desh

Daily liffe in Bangla Desh

An adolescent missing his two front teeth smokes a cigarette.

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Thursday March 13, 2003, Los Angeles, California, USA

Lisa Marie Presley

Lisa Marie Presley.

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Bangla Desh

Muslim rape victim from Myanmar

Muslim rape victim from Myanmar after crossing the border into Bangla Desh.

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West Berlin, West Germany

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall after the fall.

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October 2002, USA

Actor Adrien Brody

Adrien Brody, Golden Globe nominee for best actor for his role in a Roman Polanski film, "The Pianist."

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New York, New York, USA

James Taylor

Singer, song writer James Taylor.

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Thailand

Karen children in Myanmar

Karen children run from a dust storm in a refugee camp on the Thai side of the Myanmar - Thailand border.

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Manila, Philippines

Smokey Mountain search through garbage

Residents of Smokey Mountain in Metro Manila search the freshly dumped garbage for anything of value.

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New York, New York, USA

Sammy Davis jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

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Misha Erwitt

Misha Erwitt is a native New Yorker and freelance photographer now based in Los Angeles. He was a staff photographer for eleven years at New York's "picture newspaper", the New York Daily News, where he developed his sharp eye for street photography and clever visual juxtapositions. During that time he covered a wide range of editorial assignments ranging from local news to national political conventions, presidential campaigns and celebrity portraits. He traveled extensively, covering international stories such as cocaine trafficking in South America, the Intifada in Israel, the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany and the Pope's visit to Cuba.

He was also a nominee at Magnum Photos for three years, traveling and working for magazines such as Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune and The New York Times Magazine as well as corporate annual report work. He traveled throughout Southeast Asia photographing the Karin rebels in Burma and Muslim refugees in Bangladesh. He spent time in the Philippines documenting the plight of the poverty stricken and shot and directed a short video for Japanese television entitled "Living With the Dead", about a community living in a cemetery in Manila.

He has worked on several of the "Day in the Life of ....." series books including China, Japan, Spain, Italy, Ireland, America, Canada, London and California. He has also been published in "Passage to Vietnam", "The Power to Heal", "Baseball in America", "One Digital Day" and "Christmas in America".

His photographs have been exhibited at the International Center of Photography and Nikon House in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles.

Misha's work has most recently appeared in Time, Newsweek, Modern Maturity and The New York Times and he is currently accepting corporate assignments with an eye towards advertising. He continues to work on personal projects, a camera always on his shoulder.

Personal web site of Misha Erwitt