Garry Winogrand on Photography

July 15, 2007 – 1:20 pm

There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described.

– Garry Winogrand

Posted in Philosophy, Photo History

5 Comments

  1. JM Colberg
    July 15, 2007 – 2:18 pm

    “Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what’s behind something.” – Andreas Gursky

  2. Shane Lavalette
    July 15, 2007 – 2:33 pm

    Haha, perfect!

  3. Shane Lavalette
    July 15, 2007 – 2:44 pm

    The images, he says, come to him while swimming.

    “I think it’s something about being underwater, sort of removed from the cares of the world. I come up with images and they float around, and if they stick we move to the next step and start incorporating them into our next production.”

    – Gregory Crewdson

  4. mark s
    July 15, 2007 – 4:06 pm

    “My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on someone’s mind, something has been accomplished.”
    - Robert Frank

  5. Chad Muthard
    July 17, 2007 – 4:07 pm

    I had a dream the other night that Garry Winogrand had taken every photograph I had ever staged but found them in the real world. I woke up thinking “How the hell did he possibly find all of that?!?” Then my girlfriend rolled over, I told her, and she reminded me that I am a moron for having nightmares about photographic insecurities.

    The battle between staged and straight rages on…even in your sleep!

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