Untitled from Women are Beautiful
Garry Winogrand
American, 1928–1984
1969
A gelatin silver print street photograph that captures a single, spontaneous nightclub moment to record off‑guard gestures and social energy.
Flash‑lit and high‑contrast, the image arrests a woman in a dramatically patterned dress and a man mid‑motion against a busy, spiraling wallpaper, the tight, off‑center framing making the scene feel immediate and a little unsteady.
Part of Winogrand’s Women are Beautiful series, the photograph illustrates a late‑1960s turn in documentary photography toward rapid, ambiguous snapshots that probe public behavior, gendered spectacle, and the ethics of looking in American life.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
8 3/4 × 13" (22.2 × 33.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Mitchell Deutsch
Accession
342.1990
Palette
Exhibitions
