PHOTOGRAPHER

Garry Winogrand

1928 - 1984

Photo of Garry Winogrand

Icon of person Garry Winogrand

Garry Winogrand (January 14, 1928 – March 19, 1984) was an American street photographer, known for his portrayal of U.S. life and its social issues, in the mid-20th century. Photography curator, historian, and critic John Szarkowski called Winogrand the central photographer of his generation.He received three Guggenheim Fellowships to work on personal projects, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and published four books during his lifetime. He was one of three photographers featured in the influential New Documents exhibition at Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1967 and had solo exhibitions there in 1969, 1977, and 1988. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garry Winogrand has received more than 414,702 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Garry Winogrand is the 103rd most popular photographer (down from 94th in 2019), the 6,319th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,502nd in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Garry Winogrands by language

Over the past year Garry Winogrand has had the most page views in the with 43,201 views, followed by Spanish (4,462), and French (3,667). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Occitan (76.84%), Czech (39.00%), and Dutch (28.10%)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Garry Winogrand ranks 103 out of 148. Before him are Bob Guccione, David Douglas Duncan, Mario Testino, Alexander Gardner, Hedi Slimane, and Erwin Olaf. After him are Lucien Clergue, F. Holland Day, Bert Stern, František Drtikol, William P. Gottlieb, and Gaudenzio Marconi.

Most Popular Photographers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Garry Winogrand ranks 383. Before him are Léon Glovacki, Germà Colón, Belaid Abdessalam, Jean Barraqué, Horst Stein, and Rance Howard. After him are Lucho Gatica, Klaus von Dohnanyi, Jan Pieter Schotte, Stanley Baker, Vladimir Toporov, and Takako Doi. Among people deceased in 1984, Garry Winogrand ranks 173. Before him are Diana Dors, Alexander Moyzes, Red Garland, Martín Marculeta, Tommy Cooper, and Karel Kolský. After him are Toivo Loukola, Roger Blin, Edward James, May McAvoy, Nariz, and Kazuo Hasegawa.

Others Born in 1928

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1984

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Garry Winogrand ranks 6,319 out of 20,380. Before him are William Merritt Chase (1849), Letitia Christian Tyler (1790), Miriam Stevenson (1933), Marvin Hart (1876), Bill Holland (1874), and Mike Krzyzewski (1947). After him are Joshua Bell (1967), Frank Irons (1886), Anne Jackson (1925), Gary Gilmore (1940), Lee Barnes (1906), and Cornelius Warmerdam (1915).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Garry Winogrand ranks 29. Before him are Spencer Tunick (1967), Karl Struss (1886), Joel-Peter Witkin (1939), Mary Ellen Mark (1940), Bob Guccione (1930), and David Douglas Duncan (1916). After him are F. Holland Day (1864), Bert Stern (1929), William P. Gottlieb (1917), Martha Cooper (1943), Sally Mann (1951), and Francesca Woodman (1958).

American born Photographers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous