Central Park Zoo-New York City, New York
Object Label
During periods of separation from his first wife in the early 1960s, Winogrand began visiting New York City zoos and the Coney Island Aquarium with their children. Many of the photographs he made during those trips reveal the often humorous parallels between the behaviors of humans and animals. Reflecting on the 1960s today, one could read the depiction of captivity as a metaphor for the racial and gender segregations of the era, while also serving as an examination of voyeurism and photography. Forty-six of the zoo pictures were published in Winogrand’s second book, The Animals (1969).
Caption
Garry Winogrand American, 1928–1984. Central Park Zoo-New York City, New York, 1962; reprinted 1974. Gelatin silver print, Other (Mount): 14 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (37.5 x 50.2 cm) Image: 8 9/16 x 12 7/8 in. (21.7 x 32.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Renata Shapiro, 83.266.3. © artist or artist's estate
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Central Park Zoo-New York City, New York
Date
1962; reprinted 1974
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Classification
Dimensions
Other (Mount): 14 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (37.5 x 50.2 cm) Image: 8 9/16 x 12 7/8 in. (21.7 x 32.7 cm)
Signatures
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Garry Winogrand"
Credit Line
Gift of Renata Shapiro
Accession Number
83.266.3
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
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