For Elliott Erwitt, the renowned street photographer who died last year at 95, humanity and human comedy went hand in hand. He never specialized. Instead, he dabbled in fashion, politics, and celebrity, always with an eye for the ironic and the offbeat. Erwitt lived on the Upper West Side for over six decades, where the playfulness and bustle of New York street life was just outside his door. He had a special interest in dogs, photographing them on surfboards, behind the wheel of a car, in midair. He also photographed Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, and the society swells at Truman Capote’s 1966 “Black and White Ball.” More profoundly, Erwitt captured Jacqueline Kennedy’s stoicism at John F. Kennedy’s burial, as well as Richard Nixon’s heated debate with the Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev, in 1959. Despite the caliber of his work, Erwitt didn’t see himself as a “serious photographer.” As he put it, “I am serious about not being serious.” —Paulina Prosnitz