Albuquerque, New Mexico

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Born in New York in 1928, Garry Winogrand is still considered a preeminent photographer of postwar America. His influence on the art of street photography stemmed from his method of quickly snapping his photograph before the subject might even have noticed him or his camera. This contributed to the aesthetic we associate with his work today: photographs of unaware people on the street, of partygoers and the characters of public scenes, and other records of the fleeting world behind the lens. The hand-held nature of the camera Winogrand used lets the viewer see only that which the camera might. "Albuquerque, New Mexico" captures that temporal essence, but leaves the pulsing street of the city to instead take the camera and the viewer to the desert and its budding post-war suburbia. The composition builds on the tension between the figure of a toddler with foreboding weather and the mystery of the shadowy depths of the garage. The camera and the viewer cannot penetrate the private space of the home and are left in the ambiguous space of the street.
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Portfolio Title:
from "Garry Winogrand"
Artist/Maker:
Geography:
United States; New Mexico
Culture:
American
Medium:
Gelatin silver print mounted on Fabriano Classico paper
Collection:
GW Collection
Accession Number:
CGA.1979.85.2
Credit Line:
Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of Raymond W. Merritt)
Date:
1958;
printed 1974
Keywords:
Documentary photography; Exterior View; Figure; Youth (people); Street Scene; 20th Century
Copyright:
© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, courtesy Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
Object Type:
Photograph
Dimensions:
Sheet/Page 37.47 H x 50.17 W cm (14 3/4 H x 19 3/4 W in)
Image 21.91 H x 32.70 W cm (8 5/8 H x 12 7/8 W in)
Mat 40.64 H x 50.80 W cm (16 H x 20 W in)
Structure:
gelatin silver print
Provenance:
Raymond W. Merritt; gift to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1979-2018; gift to the George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2018.
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Exhibition History:
Concurring Experiences: Together, Apart, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington DC, August 31, 2021 - December 18, 2021
Concurring Experiences: Together, Apart (www.corcoran.gwu.edu/concurring-experiences-together-apart), Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington DC, March 12, 2021 - August 31, 2021
Recent Acquisitions: Photographs, Corcoran Gallery of Art [1869-2014], Washington DC, July 10, 1980 - September 10, 1980
HOME: Selections from the Corcoran Study Collection, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, Washington DC, November 14, 2019 - March 13, 2020
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