Garry Winogrand
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White-faced bull in graceful dive, Fort Worth Rodeo, 1974-1977 -
Hugh Hefner-Jesse Jackson, Operation PUSH Fundraiser, Chicago, 1972
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New York (woman in checked jacket), 1970
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New York City, NY, 1970
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Diane Arbus, Love-In, Central Park, NYC, 1969
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Los Angeles, California, 1969
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Lyndon Johnson, Cape Kennedy, Florida, 1969
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Untitled (woman holding dixie cup in Park), 1969
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Nelson Rockefeller, Republican Headquarters on election night of Nixon Landslide, NYC, 1968
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Central Park Zoo, New York City, New York, 1967
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American Legion Convention, Dallas, Texas, 1964
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George Wallace, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, 1964
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Texas State Fair, Dallas, Texas, 1964
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Central Park Zoo, New York, City, NY, 1962
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Coney Island, New York City, NY, 1952
Garry Winogrand was born in New York City. He was a proponent and practitioner of street photography. During his career he received three Guggenheim Fellowship Awards in 1964, 1969, and 1979 and a National Endowment of the Arts Award in 1979. He made his first major appearance in 1963 at an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In 1967 he participated in a show called New Documents at MOMA with Diane Arbus and Lee Friedlander.
Winogrand studied painting at City College of New York and later studied painting and photography at Columbia University in New York City in 1948. He also attended a photojournalism class taught by Alexey Brodovitch at the New School for Social Research in New York City in 1951. Garry Winogrand was influenced by Walker Evans and Robert Frank and their respective publications American Photographs and The Americans. Winogrand was known for his portrayal of America in the early 1960s and his interest in social issues of the day and in the role of media in shaping attitudes.
