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There's no way a photograph has to look... in a sense. There are no formal rules of design that can apply.
Garry Winogrand
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Garry Winogrand
Age: 56 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 14
Died: 1984
Died: March 29
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New York City
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When I was a kid in New York I used to go to the zoo. I always liked the zoo. I grew up within walking distance of the Bronx Zoo. And then when my first two children were young, I used to take them to the zoo. Zoos are always interesting. And I make pictures.
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In the simplest sentence, I photograph to find out what something will look like photographed. Basically, that's why I photograph, in the simplest language. That's the beginning of it and then we get to play the games.
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People are just dumb. They misunderstand.
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Sometimes I feel like . . . the world is a place I bought a ticket to. It’s a big show for me, as if it wouldn’t happen if I wasn’t there with a camera.
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There are no photographs while I'm reloading .
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I have no idea what's going to happen. Who knows - if they can't afford to buy a boat, maybe they buy a print. Who knows what happens with their buck?
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I have no expectations. None at all.
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It's a lot of work organizing something, whether it's a show or a book, and I don't want to do it every day.
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I enjoy photographing. It's always interesting, so I can't say one thing is more fun than another. Everything has it's own difficulties.
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You just go through a certain kind of drudgery every time you have to look for something. I've got certain things grouped by now, but there's a drudgery in finding them. There's always stuff missing.
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A pun calls the meaning of a word into question, and it upsets us tremendously. We laugh because suddenly we find out we're not going to get killed. I think a lot of things work that way with photographs.
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The photo is a thing in itself. And that's what still photography is all about.
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Aside from women, I don't know. My work doesn't function the way Robert Frank's did.
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I don't really have any faith in anybody enjoying photographs in a large enough sense to matter. I think it's all about finances, on one side.
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I don't have anything to say in any picture.
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There is no special way a photograph should look.
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I'm surviving. I'm a survivor.
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Cameras always were seductive. And then a darkroom became available, and that's when I stopped doing anything else.
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You see something happening and you bang away at it. Either you get what you saw or you get something else--and whichever is better you print.
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There are people who are socially ambitious. If you go back aways, the Sculls, for instance, had a lot of money and they were socially ambitious. If you get an old master, it's not going to do you any good socially.
Garry Winogrand
