Garry Winogrand was born 1928 in the Bronx. He did most of his best known work in Manhattan during the 1960s, he become one of the principal voices of the decade with his artistic style and the content of his photographs. Winogrand was known primarily for street photography, he produced twenty-thousand rolls of film during his lifetime. In 1964 he had a printed coffee table book called "Winogrand 1964". and a recently edited show. He was described at "fearless" and "prolifically". His subjects never seemed annoyed when he took photos of them. When he died he left behind 2,500 undeveloped roll of film and 6,500 roll of film that had been developed but not contact printed. Also left behind 300 untouched and unedited contact prints. He died 1984 at 56, because of his gallbladder cancer.
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