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
photography art problem
The contest between form and content is what, is what art is about - it's art history. That's what basically everybody has ever contended with. The problem is uniquely complex in still photography.
photography interest
My only interest in photographing is photography.
photography photograph
You know, you get into the business of commercial photography, and that's all you do is photograph what you know. That's what you're hired for.
photography
I don't know how to say easily what I learned. One thing I can say I learned is how amazing photography could be.
photography photograph responsible
You've got a number of things that take place that are peculiar to still photography. One: how a picture looks - what you photograph is responsible for how a photograph looks. In other words, it's responsible for the form.
photography thinking worry
There are people who like photography; there are people who are worrying about what's going to happen with the dollar. They want to get anything that seems hard. I don't know, but I think it's got to do with economics. Now and then you get somebody who buys a picture because he likes it.
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.