Garry Winogrand on Photography
Sunday, July 15, 2007There is nothing as mysterious as a fact clearly described.
– Garry Winogrand
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July 15th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
“Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what’s behind something.” - Andreas Gursky
July 15th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Haha, perfect!
July 15th, 2007 at 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
July 15th, 2007 at 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
July 17th, 2007 at 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!