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| Garry Winogrand: Public Relations | 
 enlarge | Author: Rachel Whiteread
Creators: Garry Winogrand, Tod Papageorge
Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 692361
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 112
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.5
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 10.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0870706322
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.092
EAN: 9780870706325
ASIN: 0870706322
Publication Date: April 2, 2004
Release Date: April 2, 2004
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Product Description
Public Relations is a distillation of a photographic project begun by Garry Winogrand in 1969 when he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to photograph what he called "the effect of media on events." With his characteristic zeal, passion, spontaneity, and intensity, Winogrand photographed an array of public events including museum openings, press conferences, sports games, demonstrations, award ceremonies, a birthday party, and a moon shot. The photographs depict our emerging dependence on the media as well as how the media changes and sometimes even creates the event itself. First published to accompany a 1977 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. [What Winogrand] has given us in these photographs is a unilateral report of how we behaved under pressure during a time of costumes and causes, and of how extravagantly, outrageously, and continuously we displayed what we wanted. --Tod Papageorge
Introduction by Tod Papageorge. Clothbound, 11 x 8.5 in./112 pgs / 74 duotones.
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 GW's least is better than others' best December 30, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Perhaps I am biased, being a hard core Winogrand fan, but I wish to respectfully disagree with the prior reviewer. True, there are better Winogrand books out there (though some are out of print), but even GW's least effort is better than most others' best. These photos aptly capture moments in political campaigns, art museum fundraisers, protest demonstrations, black tie award dinners, etc. Some are made poignant by subsequent events. Perhaps the stories are best appreciated by baby boomers, NYC glitterati & art scene cognoscenti - it is fun to spot the celebs with enduring reputations, and those who had just their 15 minutes of fame. Winogrand's insider/outsider perspective, however, can be appreciated by anyone with a lively interest in how the star making machinery works.
 My least favorite Winogrand May 11, 2004
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I love "Man in the Crowd", "1964", and "The Animals'", and have yet to see some of his other work, but this one (mostly) leaves me cold. There just aren't the stories going on in the pictures like in his other work, and there isn't the same haphazard grace of composition either. Get ANYTHING else of his first.
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