Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't know if it's true or not, but I remember reading years ago that Winogrand would wait years before developing his exposed film. He wanted to look at proof sheets without remembering the actual taking of individual pictures. This way he felt he was much more objective when editing his work. This would also explain the thousands of un-developed rolls left when he died. Bryan - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Johnny Deadman" <deadman@jukebox.demon.co.uk> To: "LUG" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Garry Winogrand > on 28/4/00 2:06 PM, Dan Honemann at ddh@home.com wrote: > > > Thanks for this information, Johnny. If you write that biography, please > > sign me up for a copy. > > > > His photography is inspirational, isn't it? Not just the photos themselves, > > but his whole approach, allowing anything and everything to become art. > > Exactly. Anything can be a photograph. There's no particular way a > photograph is supposed to look. Great stuff. One of the motivations for > writing a biography is that I think the collected sayings of GW would be a > wonderfully inspirational resource. I think we can all still learn a vast > amount from him. > > -- > Johnny Deadman > > photos: http://www.pinkheadedbug.com > music: http://www.jukebox.demon.co.uk >