Garry Winograndin haastattelu – Garry Winogrand´s interview
Kuva / photo: Garry Winogrand
BARBARA DIAMONSTEIN haastattelee Garry “Rentorannetta” vuonna 1981-1982. Pitkässä syvähaastattelussa Garry ei tunnustaudu katuvalokuvaajaksi, mutta kertoo paljon taustoistaan. Videohaastattelu on purettu tekstimuotoon.
Visions and Images -sarjan video on nähtävissä tässä linkissä.
BARBARA DIAMONSTEIN interviews Garry in 1981-1982, here in text form. The original video from serie: Visions and Images can be seen here.
Caption of conversation:
W: Well, I’m not going to get into that. I think that those kind of distinctions and lists of titles like “street photographer” are so stupid.
D: How would you prefer to describe yourself?
W: I’m a photographer, a still photographer. That’s it.
D: If you don’t like “street photographer,” how do you respond to that other ætiresome phrase’, “snapshot aesthetic”?
W: I knew that was coming. That’s another stupidity. The people who use the term don’t even know the meaning. … continuing…