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
- 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.)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Graphic Arts
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Landscape\desert
- Figure\child
- Landscape\New Mexico\Albuquerque
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\garage
- Record ID
- saam_1985.36.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk760e551a6-d404-4589-bbe1-74b0a18c2401
