- Location
- Seattle
- Name
- Andrew
I'll first admit that I stole this from over at DPReview, here is the link to the post: Winogrand Interview Note that the link I am talking about is the second link posted by the OP, a few posts down.
I found myself nodding along to Garry Winogrand's words as they're related in this piece, which was originally published in 1988. In particular, he really resonates with me when he talks about going out without preconceptions, and not preplanning or expecting to shoot a particular thing. As well, the way he distances himself from the feelings he had when he took the shots by waiting a long time to develop and view his images, something which we've all but forgotten nowadays but which I think can really help kind of wade through the photographs we take digitally. We tend to take more images but it's even harder to curate them because we view them so quickly that there is a sort of unbroken link from pressing the shutter to sharing or printing them. All that does is muddy the intrinsic value of the image, because I find myself seeing more what I envisioned when I decided to take the picture, than the effectiveness of the actual end product.
Thoughts? I really like Winogrand's work. He was a bit of a weirdo, but I don't think I've seen anyone else's work so effectively use the edges of the frame. He could gather so much into a 28mm FoV and yet it harmonized so well.
I found myself nodding along to Garry Winogrand's words as they're related in this piece, which was originally published in 1988. In particular, he really resonates with me when he talks about going out without preconceptions, and not preplanning or expecting to shoot a particular thing. As well, the way he distances himself from the feelings he had when he took the shots by waiting a long time to develop and view his images, something which we've all but forgotten nowadays but which I think can really help kind of wade through the photographs we take digitally. We tend to take more images but it's even harder to curate them because we view them so quickly that there is a sort of unbroken link from pressing the shutter to sharing or printing them. All that does is muddy the intrinsic value of the image, because I find myself seeing more what I envisioned when I decided to take the picture, than the effectiveness of the actual end product.
Thoughts? I really like Winogrand's work. He was a bit of a weirdo, but I don't think I've seen anyone else's work so effectively use the edges of the frame. He could gather so much into a 28mm FoV and yet it harmonized so well.
Coffee and Workprints - A Workshop With Garry Winogrand (1988)
"The director confided that Winogrand doesn't make learning easy; be patient, he urged, it's worth it. If we weren't satisfied by the weekend, he'd give us a refund." Coffee and Workprints: A Workshop With Garry Winogrand - Two Weeks with a Master of Street Photography that Changed My Life
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