Garry Winogrand

Garry Winogrand was the photographer I picked. Garry Winogrand was a brilliant American street photographer who was born on January 14, 1928, in the Bronx, New York City. He was known for his depictions of American life and social issues. However, this does not imply that Winogrand, a native New Yorker who spoke with the bluntness of a Bronx taxi driver and possessed the ferocity of a pig hunting truffles, was not compensated for his work. During his short life, he won a Guggenheim cooperation, was highlighted in Edward Steichen’s work of art “Group of Man” presentation at the Exhibition hall of Current Craftsmanship, and later figured conspicuously in two significant photography shows, likewise at MoMA, organized by Steichen’s replacement John Szarkowski, one of Winogrand’s initial bosses. Despite the fact that even the average street photographer would agree that Garry’s work was excellent, the public was unable to fully appreciate it due to his early death and bizarre work habits. On March 19, 1984, at the age of 56, Garry Winogrand passed away from gall bladder cancer. Winogrand left behind 2500 rolls of 36-exposure 35mm film that had not been developed, 6,500 rolls of film that had been developed but not contact-printed, and 300 35mm contact sheets that appeared to have not been edited. That would be equivalent to working in photography for two lifetimes. Garry Winogrand’s wife even said, “Being married to Garry was like being married to a lens,” despite the fact that they continued to live together despite his intense interest in photography. “I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed,” Garry himself would say, and “No one moment is most important.” Anything can happen at any time. He was an insightful picture taker who was undervalued during his life time. “…The photograph should be more interesting or more beautiful than what was photographed,” is one of Winogrand’s quotes with which I most agree. Being able to capture a moment in time and somehow make it more beautiful than we thought is, in my opinion, what makes photography so important. Reading Winogrand’s works can really show you how important it is to look at life from all angles, no matter where you are or when you are. It was said that Winogrand shot so quickly that the people in front of his lens didn’t know he had actually pressed the shutter. A new narrative, entitled Everything is Photographable, gauges that he took something more than 1 million photos. Every photograph was unique, creative, and published for the entire world to see.