Elliott Erwitt delights in finding something interesting in the ordinary

From famous images of Marilyn Monroe on the film set of The Misfits to President Nixon and Khrushchev arguing in Moscow in 1959, the Magnum photographer Elliott Erwitt has the ability to make absurd juxtapositions. With brilliant composition and a deep sense of humanity, Erwitt's many personal black and white photographs of places, people and animals masterfully manage to find the "l'instante hysterique" in everyday life.

"Photography is an art of observation," says Erwitt. "It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place."

Erwitt's unmistakeable, often witty, style gives a snapshot of the famous and the ordinary, the strange and the mundane over a period of more than half a century.

Over 100 of Erwitt's Personal Best photographs are on show at the International Center of Photography in New York until 28 August.