Gary Winogrand specialized in a certain kind of photograph that went to the heart of American life in the 20th Century and he went about it as if he had just stumbled on something. In reality, he shot endless amounts of film - lots of rolls remained undeveloped when he died. Someone else could have shot pictures for several lifetimes and not grabbed what he managed to pluck out of thin air. He would carry two cameras - one loaded with colour film and the other with black and white. He clearly saw a difference in each type of type of film stock and intuitively knew when their grains would be advantageous in different settings. Photography is one of those deceptively "easy" mediums that defy simple characterizations of merit. Few people can sing an aria or master an instrument at an expert level, but anyone can take a good photograph. I'm sat right this minute in front of a window looking out onto a noontime stream of Manhattan people walking past, each permutation a potential snapshot. Knowing where to place the frame around life as it's ongoing is an instinctive thing. Like knowing how to act out a scene - that no amount of training can teach.
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