Garry Winogrand: The Animals

Seen through Winogrand’s lens, the zoo is a theater in which humans and animals, united in a peculiar kind of symbiosis, act out in parable the comic drama of modern urban life.

Black-and-white photograph of an elephant spraying dust over its body with its trunk

Black-and-white photograph of a woman having her photograph taken in front of a zoo's zebra enclosure

Black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman leaning against the fence of a zoo's wolf enclosure

Black-and-white photograph of a chimpanzee holding a bunch of grapes over its young reaching for them

Black-and-white photograph of a man encountering a rhinoceros peering out of its enclosure at him

Black-and-white photograph of a keeper standing over a sea lion while visitors look on from the left

Black-and-white photograph of an orangutan hunched over on the ground looking up at the viewer

Black-and-white photograph of an adult pointing out to a marmoset monkey behind glass to two small children

Black-and-white photograph of a sea lion's hind flippers raised above the water in a cement enclosure

Black-and-white photograph of three aquarium visitors peering over a fence at a walrus surfacing from the water

Black-and-white photograph of two llamas behind a locked iron gate

Black-and-white photograph of a keeper crouching to feed fish to a beluga whale

Garry Winogrand: The Animals

Seen through Winogrand’s lens, the zoo is a theater in which humans and animals, united in a peculiar kind of symbiosis, act out in parable the comic drama of modern urban life.

Garry WinograndNew York

ca. 1963

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York

ca. 1965

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York

ca. 1962

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York

ca. 1963

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Garry WinograndBronx Zoo, New York City

1963

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndAquarium at Coney Island, New York

1964

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndOrangutan

ca. 1963

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York City

1964

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndAquarium at Coney Island

1962

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York City

1963

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York

1963

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a woman smiling turning around mid-step following a man with a sign reading PACEM IN TERRIS in a line of people holding signs

Garry Winogrand: Women are Beautiful

Winogrand published this monograph in 1975, at the height of the feminist movement. In the book’s introduction, he writes, “Whenever I’ve seen an attractive woman, I’ve done my best to photograph her. I don’t know if all the women in the photographs are beautiful, but I do know that the women are beautiful in the photographs.”

Black-and-white photograph of a woman on a city sidewalk holding a pretzel to her mouth — Garry Winogrand, New York, 1969

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black and white photograph of a woman in a paisley shirt stepping onto the curb from the street. — Garry Winogrand, New York, ca. 1970

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white-photograph of a bare-breasted woman wearing a large hat in a crowd of people in a park — Garry Winogrand, Central Park, New York, 1968

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a woman in a low v-neck top with feathers and beaded necklaces holding a glass amidst a crowd of people — Garry Winogrand, Centennial Ball, Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1969

gelatin silver print, 14 x 17 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 43.2 cm]

Black-and-white portrait of a woman with short curly hair holding a piece of yarn aloft with two hands — Garry Winogrand, Untitled, ca. 1970

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a group of people in swimsuits on the beach — Garry Winogrand, Untitled, ca. 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndCape Cod

1966

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York

1969

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York

ca. 1970

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Garry WinograndCentral Park, New York

1968

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Garry WinograndCentennial Ball, Metropolitan Museum, New York

1969

gelatin silver print, 14 x 17 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 43.2 cm]

Garry WinograndUntitled

ca. 1970

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndUntitled

ca. 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of man looking out a sunny window shielding face with newspaper

Garry Winogrand: Airport

Winogrand photographed in airports to assuage his own fear of flying, arriving hours ahead of scheduled trips to distract himself with work. The pictures capture the chaotic anxiety of travel set within the serene architecture of airport terminals.

Black-and-white photograph of a pilot passing in front of an information desk staffed by a man and a woman — Garry Winogrand, San Francisco International Airport, 1964

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a waiting area with passengers scattered among seats — Garry Winogrand, Untitled, ca. 1972

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a sidewalk with passengers and luggage next to a narrow road with two lanes of cars — Garry Winogrand, Untitled, 1966

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of an elderly woman being helped into the passenger seat of a parked car — Garry Winogrand, Untitled, ca. 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman embracing in front of a smiling woman and another waiting couple — Garry Winogrand, Untitled, ca. 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a man passing through a cafe area surrounded by tables and a counter — Garry Winogrand, New York City, 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of travelers with their suitcases outside a set of glass doors — Garry Winogrand, Los Angeles Airport, ca. 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

A black and white vertical photograph, taken from an airplane window while at the gate. Three men stand outside on the tarmac, with a plane in the background. — Garry Winogrand, Minneapolis, 1975

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Garry WinograndLos Angeles Airport

1967

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndSan Francisco International Airport

1964

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndUntitled

ca. 1972

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndUntitled

1966

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndUntitled

ca. 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndUntitled

ca. 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndNew York City

1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndLos Angeles Airport

ca. 1975

gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 inches (sheet) [27.9 x 35.6 cm]

Garry WinograndMinneapolis

1975

gelatin silver print, 14 x 11 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 27.9 cm]

Black-and-white group portrait of politicians in two rows with raised arm in the foreground

Garry Winogrand: Eisenhower Years

Winogrand’s early work shows a radical departure from the style of documentary photographers. Unattached to persons or outcomes, the artist takes pleasure in simply observing the human dramas and absurdities that play out in public spaces.

Black-and-white photograph of older man in suit through a crowded foreground — Garry Winogrand, Dwight Eisenhower-Richard Nixon Press Conference, ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a man's face isolated amidst a blurred black foreground — Garry Winogrand, Dwight Eisenhower-Richard Nixon Press Conference, ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a party setting with men and women in formal dress seated at round tables — Garry Winogrand, Stork Club, ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of an older man and woman in formal dress conversing at a round table — Garry Winogrand, Stork Club, ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of six people embracing and kneeling on the sand — Garry Winogrand, Untitled, before 1960

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of people in bathing suits beneath a boardwalk — Garry Winogrand, Coney Island, New York, ca. 1960

gelatin silver print, 15 x 21-1/2 inches (mount) [37.5 x 50.2 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a man with white hair peering over the roof of a car in a parking lot — Garry Winogrand, Untitled, ca. 1964

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a group of four boys and a dog looking at another boy sitting at the corner of a building — Garry Winogrand, Bernallillo, NM, ca. 1959

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a crowd of young men with arms raised towards a round object floating above them — Garry Winogrand, Frosh-Soph Rush, Columbia University, New York, 1950

gelatin silver print, 14 x 17 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 43.2 cm]

Garry WinograndDwight Eisenhower-Richard Nixon Press Conference

ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Garry WinograndDwight Eisenhower-Richard Nixon Press Conference

ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Garry WinograndDwight Eisenhower-Richard Nixon Press Conference

ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Garry WinograndStork Club

ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Garry WinograndStork Club

ca. 1955

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Garry WinograndUntitled

before 1960

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Garry WinograndConey Island, New York

ca. 1960

gelatin silver print, 15 x 21-1/2 inches (mount) [37.5 x 50.2 cm]

Garry WinograndUntitled

ca. 1964

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Garry WinograndBernallillo, NM

ca. 1959

gelatin silver print, 9 x 13-1/4 inches (image & sheet) [22.9 x 33.7 cm]

Garry WinograndFrosh-Soph Rush, Columbia University, New York

1950

gelatin silver print, 14 x 17 inches (sheet) [35.6 x 43.2 cm]

Black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman each holding a chimpanzee wearing a jacket

Garry Winogrand: In the Street

“Winogrand’s best work had a powerful and distinctive authority. The nervous, manic, nearly chaotic quality was an appropriate formulation of a sense of life that was balanced somewhere between animal high spirits and an apprehension of moral disaster.” —John Szarkowski