Garry Winogrand

Garry Winogrand
Born(1928-01-14)January 14, 1928
The Bronx, New York City, US
DiedMarch 19, 1984(1984-03-19) (aged 56)
Tijuana, Mexico
OccupationStreet photographer
Spouses
  • Adrienne Lubeau
  • Judy Teller
  • Eileen Adele Hale
Children3

Garry Winogrand (/ˈwɪnəɡrænd/; January 14, 1928 – March 19, 1984) was an American street photographer,[1] known for his portrayal of U.S. life and its social issues in the mid-20th century. Photography curator, historian, and critic John Szarkowski called Winogrand the central photographer of his generation.[1]

He received three Guggenheim Fellowships[1] to work on personal projects, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts,[1] and published four books during his lifetime. He was one of three photographers featured in the influential New Documents exhibition at Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1967 and had solo exhibitions there in 1969,[2] 1977,[1] and 1988.[3] He supported himself by working as a freelance photojournalist and advertising photographer in the 1950s and 1960s, and taught photography in the 1970s.[1] His photographs featured in photography magazines including Popular Photography, Eros, Contemporary Photographer, and Photography Annual.[4]

Critic Sean O'Hagan wrote in 2014 that in "the 1960s and 70s, he defined street photography as an attitude as well as a style – and it has laboured in his shadow ever since, so definitive are his photographs of New York";[5] and in 2010 that though he photographed elsewhere, "Winogrand was essentially a New York photographer: frenetic, in-your-face, arty despite himself."[6] Phil Coomes, writing for BBC News in 2013, said "For those of us interested in street photography there are a few names that stand out and one of those is Garry Winogrand, whose pictures of New York in the 1960s are a photographic lesson in every frame."[7]

In his lifetime Winogrand published four monographs: The Animals (1969), Women are Beautiful (1975), Public Relations (1977) and Stock Photographs: The Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo (1980). At the time of his death his late work remained undeveloped, with about 2,500 rolls of undeveloped film, 6,500 rolls of developed but not proofed exposures, and about 3,000 rolls only realized as far as contact sheets being made.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Grundberg, Andy (March 21, 1984). "Garry Winogrand, Innovator in Photography". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "The Animals" (PDF). Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  3. ^ Woodward, Richard (May 13, 2013). "Garry Winogrand and the Art of the Opening". The Paris Review. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  4. ^ "Garry Winogrand". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  5. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (October 15, 2014). "Garry Winogrand: the restless genius who gave street photography attitude". The Guardian. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  6. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (April 18, 2010). "Why street photography is facing a moment of truth". The Observer. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
  7. ^ Coomes, Phil (March 11, 2013). "The photographic legacy of Garry Winogrand". BBC News. Retrieved January 17, 2015.
  8. ^ Andy Greaves. "Andy Greaves Photography Blog – Gary Winogrand". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2011.