Texas State Fair, Dallas
1964, printed 1970s
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 22.1 × 32.9 cm (8 11/16 × 12 15/16 in.) sheet: 28 × 35.4 cm (11 × 13 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Avalon Fund
Accession Number
2013.42.4
Art Historical Context
Garry Winogrand'sTexas State Fair, Dallas (1964, printed 1970s) captures electric energy of mid-1960s America through a gelatin silver print, a medium prized for its rich tonal contrasts and sharp detail. This black-and-white photograph, measuring 22.1 × 32.9 cm, exemplifies Winogrand's mastery of street photography, where he roamed public spaces with a wide-angle lens to seize spontaneous moments teeming with human activity. As a leading figure in post-World War II American photography, Winogrand documented the nation's booming consumer culture and social exuberance. His dynamic, off-kilter ...
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...