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
trying photographer interest
There are photographers whose shows I try to make it my business to see, if I'm in the city. There are photographers I have no interest in at all.
interesting trying photograph
I look at a photograph. What's going on? What's happening, photographically? If it's interesting, I try to understand why.
trying problem
The game, let's say, of trying to state photographic problems is, for me, absolutely fascinating.
trying
I'm trying to learn more and more about what's possible.
thinking interesting trying
I think there's some stuff that's at least photographically interesting. There are things I back off from trying to talk about.
photography people trying
There are things I back off from trying to talk about, you know. Particularly my own work. Also, there may be things better left unsaid. At times I'd much rather talk about other (people's) work.
trying world neat
The world isn't tidy; it's a mess. I don't try to make it neat.
clearly
There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described. I photograph to see what something will look like photographed.
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.
interesting world photograph
My intention is to make interesting photographs. That's it, in the end. I don't make it up. Let's say it's a world I never made. That's what was there to deal with.
photograph
There are things I photograph because I'm interested in those things.
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.
successful world photograph
It's the easiest thing in the world to do that, to make successful photographs. It's a bore.
missing kind
You just go through a certain kind of drudgery every time you have to look for something. I've got certain things grouped by now, but there's a drudgery in finding them. There's always stuff missing.