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
photography saws photographer
If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up.
trying world neat
The world isn't tidy; it's a mess. I don't try to make it neat.
photography battle form
Every photograph is a battle of form versus content.
photography thinking attractive
I get totally out of myself. It's the closest I come to not existing, I think, which is the best - which is to me attractive.
photography great-photography edges
Great photography is always on the edge of failure.
beautiful photography interesting
The photograph should be more interesting or more beautiful than what was photographed
photography thinking two
I like to think of photographing as a two-way act of respect. Respect for the medium, by letting it do what it does best, describe. And respect for the subject, by describing it as it is. A photograph must be responsible to both.
photographer
I'm a photographer, a still photographer. That's it.
special looks way
There is no special way a photograph should look.
looks photograph street-photography
I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed,
When I’m photographing I see life.
thinking sometimes reason
I don't know. I don't go around looking at my pictures. I sometimes think I'm a mechanic. I just take pictures. When the time comes, for whatever reason, I get involved in editing and getting some prints made and stuff. There are things that interest me. But I don't really mull over them a lot.
photography looks world
I photograph to see what the world looks like in photographs.
photography teacher thinking
You know, I really don't think you learn from teachers. You learn from work. I think what you learn, really, is how to be- you have to be your own toughest critic, and you only learn that from work, from seeing work.