Street Photography

Garry Winogrand

Winogrand is a painter turner photographer. In 1948 at Columbia University he was shown his first darkroom and he never looked back. Described as "an undisciplined mixture of energy, ego, curiosity, ignorance, and street-smart naiveté," the Bronx native photographed incessantly, mostly on the streets, working as a freelance photographer for a picture agency and eventually publishing journalistic images in numerous magazines throughout the fifties. 

In 1960 he began to take a more artistic approach to his work which is how he truly left his mark on the world of photography. He was known for this candid shots, especially of women on the street. 

 

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