Garry Winogrand
Garry Winogrand
Garry Winograndwas a street photographer from the Bronx, New York, known for his portrayal of American life, and its social issues, in the mid-20th century. Though he photographed in Los Angeles and elsewhere, Winogrand was essentially a New York photographer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPhotographer
Date of Birth14 January 1928
CountryUnited States of America
Garry Winogrand quotes about
photographer
I'm a photographer, a still photographer. That's it.
seductive
Cameras always were seductive. And then a darkroom became available, and that's when I stopped doing anything else.
couple gypsy los-angeles
I'm living in Los Angeles for a couple of years. I've been a gypsy for quite a while. It'll come to an end. I'm going to come back to New York.
kind not-interested
I'm talking about technical goofs. I'm pretty much on top of it. The kind of picture you're referring to would have to be more about the effects of technical things, technical phenomena, and I'm just not interested in that kind of work at all.
transformation photograph
I said the photograph isn't what was photographed, it's something else. It's about transformation. And that's what it is.
transformation mystery of-context
Aside from the fact of just taking things out of context, I don't know why. That's part of a mystery. In a way, a transformation is a mystery to me. But there is a transformation, and that's fascinating.
intrigued
Cameras intrigued me.
things-happen
You've got a lot going for you, you see. By just describing well with it, something happens.
tired thinking difficult
I don't think of it as difficult. It would be difficult if I were carrying something heavy, but I carry Leicas. You can't talk about it that way. I'm not operating a shovel and getting tired.
teaching students
The only thing that happens when I'm teaching is that I hope there are some students out there in the class who will ask questions.
mistake emotion photographer
Sometimes photographers mistake emotion for what makes a great street photograph.
nice want term
Frame in terms of what you want to have in the picture, not about making a nice picture, that anybody can do.
special looks way
There is no special way a photograph should look.
worry giving narrative
I don't have anything to say in any picture. But you do, from your experience, surmise something. You do give a photograph symbolic content, narrative content... But it's nothing to worry about!