About The Book
This first comprehensive overview of the work of Garry Winogrand contains an eloquent and important essay on the life and work of the photographer by John Szarkowski and a lavish plate section presenting the photographs thematically. Grouped under the following titles — Eisenhower Years, The Street, Women, The Zoo, On the Road, The Sixties, Etc, The Fort Worth Fat Stock Show and Rodeo, Airport, and Unfinished Work — many of the 179 plates are works that had never before been published. The last section includes 25 pictures chosen from the enormous body of work that Winogrand left unedited at the time of his death in 1984.
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About The Artist
Garry Winogrand (1928–1984) was a central American street photographer known for his spontaneous, dynamic images of mid-20th century American life, capturing social change and everyday chaos with wide-angle lenses and uncanny timing. He was influenced by Walker Evans and Robert Frank and established his influential “snapshot aesthetic” through personal projects and teaching after starting as a freelance photojournalist.
Winogrand was one of three photographers featured in New Documents, the influential 1967 Museum of Modern Art exhibition curated by John Szarkowski, which introduced Winogrand, Lee Friedlander, and Diane Arbus to a wider audience.
He was the recipient of numerous grants, including several Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
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Specifics
John Szarkowski (Editor): Winogrand: Figments from the Real World (Museum of Modern Art, 1988) | Hardbound | 260 pages | 208 duotone illustrations | Text by John Szarkowski.
Source: https://archive.org/details/winograndfigment00wino.
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