Garry Winogrand shot hundreds of thousands of photographs during his short lifetime. Most were taken on the streets of New York City and are characterized by off-kilter angles, unorthodox framing, and images that feature active figures. As evidence of his prolific nature, Winogrand left behind nearly 300,000 unedited images, and more than 2,500 undeveloped rolls of film. The anchorwoman in the video teases him about the fair amount of film he has to develop every day (and he can’t catch up the work to be done). We clearly see that it was not Garry’s preferred activity. I am sure he would have been very happy to possess a digital camera…
This video is dated 1981, just 3 years before his death.
Many thanks to Mister Hoveeto who proposed this video!
In the following closer documentary, Garry Winogrand delivers some insights about Street photography. We see him in the street, very stealthy actually. Also we see him manipulating his huge amount of films and contact sheets resulting from his compulsive work.
“Frame in terms of what you want to have in a picture, not about how making a nice picture, that anybody can do”