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Garry Winogrand
(From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia)
Garry WinograndGarry Winogrand (14
January 1928, New York City – 19 March 1984, Tijuana, Mexico) was a street
photographer known for his portrayal of America in the mid 20th century.
Winogrand studied painting at City College of New York and painting and
photography at Columbia University in New York City in 1948. He also
attended a photojournalism class taught by Alexey Brodovich at The New
School for Social Research in New York City in 1951. Winogrand made his
first notable appearance in 1963 at an exhibition at the Museum of Modern
Art (MoMA) in New York City. This show included Minor White, George
Krause, Jerome Liebling and Ken Heyman.
In 1966 Winogrand exhibited at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New
York with Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, Bruce Davidson, and Danny Lyon
in an exhibition entitled Toward a Social Landscape. In 1967 he
participated in the New Documents show at MoMA with Diane Arbus and Lee
Friedlander. During his career, he received three Guggenheim Fellowship
Awards (1964, 1969, and 1979) and a National Endowment of the Arts Award
in 1979. Winogrand also taught photography courses at the University of
Texas at Austin and at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Winogrand was influenced by Walker Evans and Robert Frank and their
respective publications American Photographs and The Americans. Henri
Cartier-Bresson was another influence although stylistically different.
Winogrand was known for his portrayal of American life in the early 1960s,
Many of his photographs depict the social issues of his time day and in
the role of media in shaping attitudes. He roamed the streets of New York
with his 35mm Leica camera rapidly taking photographs using a prefocused
wide angle lens. His pictures frequently appeared as if they were driven
by the energy of the events he was witnessing. While the style has been
much imitated, Winogrand's eye, his visual style, and his wit, are unique.
Winogrand's photographs of the Bronx Zoo and the Coney Island Aquarium
made up his first book The Animals. (1969) a collection of pictures that
observe the connections between humans and animals. His book Public
Relations (1977) shows press conferences with deer-in-the-headlight
writers and politicians, protesters beaten by cops, and wild museum
parties frequented by the self-satisfied cultural glitterati. These
photographs capture the evolution of a uniquely 20th and 21st century
phenomenon, the event created to be documented, in Winogrand's style -- a
unique conversation between the photographer and his subject. The tilted
camera, the frame filled with twitchy, restless motion and agitated faces,
come together to represent an authentic and original response to the
evolving culture of public relations. In Stock Photographs 1980, Winogrand
published his views of the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo.
Winogrand died of gall bladder cancer, in 1984 at age 56.
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1950s
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1950s
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1954
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New Mexico
1957
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Park
Avenue, New York
1959
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New York
1961
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New York
c. 1962
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New York
1963
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Central
Park Zoo, New York City
1964
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World's
Fair, New York
1964
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Utah
1964
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Los
Angeles
1964
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American
Legion Convention,
Dallas, Texas
1964
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Minneapolis
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Los
Angeles, California
1969
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Peace
Demonstration
1969
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Statue of
Liberty Ferry, New York
1971
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Fort Worth
1974
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Austin,
Texas
1974
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Untitled, from the portfolio, Women are
Beautiful

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Beautiful

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Beautiful

Untitled, from the portfolio, Women
are Beautiful

Untitled, from the portfolio, Women
are Beautiful

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Women are Beautiful

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Women are Beautiful

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Burlesque Series

Calder

New York, 1963

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Cape
Kennedy, Florida, 1969

Coney
Island, New York City, New
York, 1952

El
Morocco

Friedlander
Lafayette
Louisiana

On the Street,
Dallas 1964
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