By-Caitlin Bliske
Name of Artist: Garry Winogrand
Dates of Artist’s Life: 14 January 1928 – 19 March 1984
Personal Background:
From the Bronx, New York, known for his portrayal of American life. He was married to Adrienne Lubeau,
Judy Teller and Eileen Adele Hale. He had three children, Winogrand married Adrienne Lubeau in 1952. They had two children, Laurie in 1956 and Ethan in 1958. They separated in 1963 and divorced in 1966. Winogrand graduated from high school in 1946 and entered the US Army Air Force. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 3 times. Supported by the G.I. Bill after spending two years in the army, Winogrand attended City College of New York and then Columbia University, where he studied painting.
Style:
Garry’s style was street art. He was spontaneous with his work. He didn’t have a set plan of what he wanted to do. He knew what style he liked most and he stuck with it. Along with other photographers of his generation, such as Lee Friedlander, Joel Meyerowitz, and Diane Arbus, Winogrand worked tirelessly to capture the theatre of the street. The tilted-frame technique, as opposed to placing the horizon line parallel to the frame, was Winogrand's experiment and subsequently became common practice among street photographers.
3. Philosophy:
I feel like he was trying to show what true happiness, sadness and all of the other emotions were in there true form. He wanted to capture social interaction between people to show what they were feeling at that moment. He captured some social political movements. I feel like he wasn't trying to say anything with his work. He just captured what was happening in front of him and let his viewers decide what to think of it.
Influences:
He uses people to show what's going on at the moment. He used there natural facial expressions to express what they were feeling that moment. Weather It was if they were upset or if they were grossed out, he wanted to capture it even if it was an awful face. I love how he captures nature beauty in the moment. He doesn't make people fake a smile just to make the picture “pretty” I love the natural beauty of his pictures.
Sources:
6. Compare and Contrast:
His images are more professional and in black and white. He captured the Facial expressions really nice without making them pose. Mine weren't like that I had to make my people pose so it looks extremely fake and unrealistic. My pictures aren't in the same places so the backgrounds are very different. My pictures are okay but his are perfect.
7. Personal Artist Statement:
I experimented with different angles but they didn't come out how I wanted them too. I cropped out some of the people in the background so it looked more like the picture he took. I tried using rule of thirds in one of my pictures so it was more balanced. I was trying to tell a story of this lady looking disappointed when she looked in this window.
Name of Artist: Garry Winogrand
Dates of Artist’s Life: 14 January 1928 – 19 March 1984
Personal Background:
From the Bronx, New York, known for his portrayal of American life. He was married to Adrienne Lubeau,
Judy Teller and Eileen Adele Hale. He had three children, Winogrand married Adrienne Lubeau in 1952. They had two children, Laurie in 1956 and Ethan in 1958. They separated in 1963 and divorced in 1966. Winogrand graduated from high school in 1946 and entered the US Army Air Force. He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 3 times. Supported by the G.I. Bill after spending two years in the army, Winogrand attended City College of New York and then Columbia University, where he studied painting.
Style:
Garry’s style was street art. He was spontaneous with his work. He didn’t have a set plan of what he wanted to do. He knew what style he liked most and he stuck with it. Along with other photographers of his generation, such as Lee Friedlander, Joel Meyerowitz, and Diane Arbus, Winogrand worked tirelessly to capture the theatre of the street. The tilted-frame technique, as opposed to placing the horizon line parallel to the frame, was Winogrand's experiment and subsequently became common practice among street photographers.
3. Philosophy:
I feel like he was trying to show what true happiness, sadness and all of the other emotions were in there true form. He wanted to capture social interaction between people to show what they were feeling at that moment. He captured some social political movements. I feel like he wasn't trying to say anything with his work. He just captured what was happening in front of him and let his viewers decide what to think of it.
Influences:
He uses people to show what's going on at the moment. He used there natural facial expressions to express what they were feeling that moment. Weather It was if they were upset or if they were grossed out, he wanted to capture it even if it was an awful face. I love how he captures nature beauty in the moment. He doesn't make people fake a smile just to make the picture “pretty” I love the natural beauty of his pictures.
Sources:
- https://fraenkelgallery.com/artists/garry-winogrand
- http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/garry-winogrand
- http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/garry-winogrand
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrfoxtalbot/galleries/72157623400790781/
- https://www.lensculture.com/articles/garry-winogrand-garry-winogrand-visions-from-the-street-portraits-of-america#slideshow
6. Compare and Contrast:
His images are more professional and in black and white. He captured the Facial expressions really nice without making them pose. Mine weren't like that I had to make my people pose so it looks extremely fake and unrealistic. My pictures aren't in the same places so the backgrounds are very different. My pictures are okay but his are perfect.
7. Personal Artist Statement:
I experimented with different angles but they didn't come out how I wanted them too. I cropped out some of the people in the background so it looked more like the picture he took. I tried using rule of thirds in one of my pictures so it was more balanced. I was trying to tell a story of this lady looking disappointed when she looked in this window.