Garry Winogrand article

Link to Winogrand videotaped interview w Moyers

Link to Winogrand videotaped interview w Moyers

The link to the Garry Winogrand videotaped interview with Bill Moyers is:

http://www.jimarnold.org/downloads/winogrand/flash/

Please drop Jim Arnold a note of thanks if you view the tape. My understanding is he purchased this tape with the sole purpose of putting it on the Web for free public viewing.

BTW, that taped interview is a true look at Garry and captures some of the idiosyncrasies that made him such a captivating personality. It also has some great scenes of him photographing on the street.

O.C.
 
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pesphoto said:
ahhh....the article seems to have dissapeared. Anyone else?
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Just tested the site and both the embedded and linked file seem to be working. Let me know if you continue to have problems and I will email the file to you pesphoto.

O.C.
 
Todd.Hanz said:
I read it on my PC, damned good article, that last pic of him is amazing (slightly blurred but all Winogrand).

excellent job,
Todd
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Thanks for the nice words Todd. (BTW - went to your ten best - some great shots there - really love your use of dramatic light.)

That last photo of Garry is my favorite one. The lighting in the classroom was 1/60 at f4 w TriX. And Garry RARELY was still enough to get sharp shots. However, I snapped that last shot just as he turned and despite the blur, it has always been my favorite of him. He was a "blur" to a lot of students (me included) until his message finally sunk in.

O.C.
 
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pesphoto said:
The download worked for me in explorer as opposed to Safari where it didnt work before.
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Sounds good. I am Dell based and use Explorer - sorry there seems to be a little incompatibility in the pdf files.

O.C.
 
I concur with opinions above, great read. Thanks for sharing your memories!
 
Winogrand article

Winogrand article

RFers,

Thanks for the comments on the forum and quite a few emails sent from my Web site about the Winogrand article. I am humbled by the compliments and a bit surprised at the number of readers. I guess ALL "rangefinder" photographers can appreciate Garry's talent :)

To answer a few questions sent last night via email:

1. The B&W negs were scanned via a Nikon Coolscan IV a friend of mine has loaned me. It's a great little scanner but the digital ice does not work well on the b&w negs. I can say this, "spotting" those negatives in CS3 after 35 years in storage was a nightmare as there were fungus and spots all over them.

2. Yes I have two books autographed by Garry. The Animals (still my favorite book of his) and Women are Beautiful (my least favorite). I also have Public Relations but I never got him to autograph it before he moved to California. Anyone who wants these books in exchange for a new M8 or a new EWATE please contact me :D

3. No I have not heard from any of the "TAs" noted in the article. Wish they would because they would have a completely different take on what life was like with Garry as a boss. As I said in the story, I never got to know any of them and I really regret that now. I hope some of them are really carrying on with the street photography Garry enjoyed.

4. No I never made a dime off of or sold a single street photograph. As my web site indicates, after graduating in 1976 (actually I worked full time for a year to pay off a student loan before beginning my freelancing) I was fortunate to get some "pj" assignments and those lead to better and bigger jobs. When some of my work took me to New York in the 80s, I did some street work but never did anything with them (until I posted a few on my Web site a few months ago).

Again, thanks again for the many compliments.

O.C. Garza
 
O.C.,

I just finished the read and wanted to add my thanks to this long list. Great story and very well written. Great photos too. I'll have to watch the video from home tonight.

Here I am living in Austin, a graduate from UTs Engineering school, and I didn't even realize Garry had taught at UT. I've seen some of his work, but not nearly enough. I'll be buying one of those books very soon.

Thanks,
Paul
 
photophorous said:
O.C.,

I just finished the read and wanted to add my thanks to this long list. Great story and very well written. Great photos too. I'll have to watch the video from home tonight.

Here I am living in Austin, a graduate from UTs Engineering school, and I didn't even realize Garry had taught at UT. I've seen some of his work, but not nearly enough. I'll be buying one of those books very soon.

Thanks,
Paul
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Hook em Paul. Thanks for the kind words. The book I would recommend to start with is The Animals, IMHO, Garry's most surprising, original and cutting edge book. I thought I read that it had been reprinted - but I may be wrong.

Thanks for the kind words.

O.C.
 
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