Great Black & White Photographers II

Garry Winogrand was born in New York City on January 14th, 1928. He graduated from high school in 1947, and went on to study painting, art, and photography at the City College of New York and later at Columbia University. He took photojournalism class in 1951 at the New School for Social Research in New York as well.

For the first few years of his career, Winogrand worked as a freelance photojournalist as well as an advertising photographer. Some of his photography ended up in museums and books, and so he decided to become a professional photographer. In the 1960s, he started doing photography around the streets of New York.

Winogrand's photography was mostly known for its subliminal messages involving American life, conflicts, and social issues. He had multiple books published, such as Figments from the Real World, Winogrand 1964, and The Man in the Crowd: The Uneasy Streets of Garry Winogrand. He won multiple Guggenheim Awards, in 1964, 1969, and 1979. He also gained fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1975.

In 1984, Winogrand was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer. He was rushed to the Gerson Clinic in Tijuana for treatment. On March 19th, 1984, Winogrand unfortunately passed away at 56 years old. Although he isn't typically brought up amongst legends such as Ansel Adams, he left a huge legacy for the photography industry to look up to.