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
flower people care
Two people could look at the same flowers and feel differently about them. Why not? I'm not making ads. I couldn't care less.
believe people purpose
People are going to have a good time, you know. One can go have a good time at these big openings in museums. And people go to have a good time. But the thing has another purpose.In the case of museums, it's always got to do with money, people who donate and things like that. And I believe a certain kind of interest has to be demonstrated.
photograph
A photograph can look anyway. It just depends basically on what you photograph.
interesting kind problem
For me anyway when a photograph is interesting, it's interesting because of the kind of photographic problem it states - which has to do with the contest between content and form.
mean problem dramatic
In terms of content, you can make a problem for yourself, I mean, make the contest difficult, let's say, with certain subject matter that is inherently dramatic.
running real idiot
If you run into a monkey in some idiot context, automatically you've got a very real problem taking place in the photograph.
design photograph responsible
What you photograph is responsible for how a photograph looks - the form, the design, whatever word you want to use.
design photograph
There's no way a photograph has to look... in a sense. There are no formal rules of design that can apply.
wall students now-and-then
Now and then I'll get a student who asks a question that puts me up against the wall and maybe by the end of the semester I can begin to deal with the question.
I pretty much know what I'm doing.
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.
giving lucky problem
You don't solve anything ever, really. You simply state a problem which, when you're lucky, gives you some idea of what possible problems you can - it indicates, you know, your future headaches.
children vacation serious
If you ever watch children play - what do you observe when you watch children play? You know, they're dead serious. They're not on vacation.