Staten Island Ferry--New York City
1971, printed 1974
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 21.8 x 32.7 cm (8 9/16 x 12 7/8 in.) mount: 37.5 x 50.2 cm (14 3/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Collectors Committee
Accession Number
1999.137.14
Art Historical Context
Garry Winogrand's *Staten Island Ferry—New York City* (1971, printed 1974) captures a quintessential slice of urban life from one of America's most prolific street photographers. Winogrand, a key figure in the post-World War II "snapshot aesthetic" associated with the New York School, roamed city streets with his handheld 35mm camera, freezing spontaneous moments amid the chaos of modern America. Taken during the early 1970s—a time of social upheaval and New York City's gritty transformation—this gelatin silver print evokes the ferry's role as a daily lifeline across the harbor, blending every...
About the Artist
Garry Winogrand
Garry Winogrand, born on January 14, 1928, in New York City's Bronx to Jewish immigrant parents Abraham and Bertha, grew up in a working-class neighborhood alongside his sister Stella. After graduating high school in 1946 and serving in the U.S. Army Air Force as a weather forecaster, where he first took up photography, Winogrand pursued painting at City College of New York and Columbia University...