Object Details
Artist
Garry Winogrand, born New York City 1928-died Tijuana, Mexico 1984
Publisher
Double Elephant Press
Exhibition Label
“I photograph the world to see what the world looks like photographed.” – Garry Winogrand, 1974
The street was Garry Winogrand’s playground as he recorded fleeting moments from the busy world around him. A pre-focused hand-held camera allowed Winogrand the freedom to shoot at will, without stopping to consciously compose or frame his subjects. In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Winogrand seized the opportunity to document an odd arrangement of people and objects. An apprehensive toddler, a toppled tricycle, and a mysterious U shape painted on the face of a mountain come together without explanation or narrative. For Winogrand, this photograph is “the illusion of a literal description of how a camera saw a piece of time and space.
A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2013
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Copyright
© 1974, Estate of Garry Winogrand
Date
1958, printed 1974
Object number
1985.36.1
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Photography-Photoprint
Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sheet: 8 5/8 x 13 in. (22.0 x 32.9 cm.)
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Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
Department
Graphic Arts
Data Source
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Topic
Landscape\desert
Figure\child
Landscape\New Mexico\Albuquerque
Architecture Exterior\domestic\garage
Link to Original Record
Record ID
saam_1985.36.1