--- title: "22 Ifs Quotes By Garry Winogrand" description: "22 Ifs quotes by Garry Winogrand. Plus more from Garry Winogrand and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/garry-winogrand-2342_fastest_i-don-t-know-if-i-m-really-the-fastest-i_2902201.png" --- > [I don't know if I'm really the fastest. It doesn't matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-don-t-know-if-i-m-really-the-fastest-it-doesn-t-matter/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/garry-winogrand-2342_fastest_i-don-t-know-if-i-m-really-the-fastest-i_2902201.png) > [If you didn’t take the picture, you weren’t there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/if-you-didn-t-take-the-picture-you-weren-t-there/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/garry-winogrand-2342_funny_if-you-didn-t-take-the-picture-you-weren_636131.png) > [I don't think of it as difficult. It would be difficult if I were carrying something heavy, but I carry Leicas. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-don-t-think-of-it-as-difficult-it-would-be-difficult-if-i-were/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e1/garry-winogrand-2342_carrying_i-don-t-think-of-it-as-difficult-it-woul_2215604.png) > [There are photographers whose shows I try to make it my business to see, if I'm in the city. There are photographers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/there-are-photographers-whose-shows-i-try-to-make-it-my-business-to/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/garry-winogrand-2342_cities_there-are-photographers-whose-shows-i-tr_3210835.png) > [For me the true business of photography is to capture a bit of reality (whatever that is) on film...if, later, the reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/for-me-the-true-business-of-photography-is-to-capture-a-bit-of/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ce/garry-winogrand-2342_bits_for-me-the-true-business-of-photography_883358.png) > [ It was interesting; it's an interesting photographic problem \[those demonstrations in the late Sixties\]. But if I was doing it as a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/it-was-interesting-it-s-an-interesting-photographic-problem-those/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/garry-winogrand-2342_demonstration_it-was-interesting-it-s-an-interesting-p_1091896.png) > [If you ever watch children play - what do you observe when you watch children play? You know, they're dead serious. They're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/if-you-ever-watch-children-play-what-do-you-observe-when-you-watch/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec1/garry-winogrand-2342_children_if-you-ever-watch-children-play-what-do_2367396.png) > [I look at a photograph. What's going on? What's happening, photographically? If it's interesting, I try to understand why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-look-at-a-photograph-what-s-going-on-what-s-happening/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db1/garry-winogrand-2342_happenings_i-look-at-a-photograph-what-s-going-on-w_335475.jpg) > [What if I said that every photograph I made was set up? From the photograph, you can't prove otherwise. You don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/what-if-i-said-that-every-photograph-i-made-was-set-up-from-the/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/garry-winogrand-2342_ifs_what-if-i-said-that-every-photograph-i-m_1850192.jpg) > [If you run into a monkey in some idiot context, automatically you've got a very real problem taking place in the photograph.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/if-you-run-into-a-monkey-in-some-idiot-context-automatically-you-ve/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d8/garry-winogrand-2342_idiot_if-you-run-into-a-monkey-in-some-idiot-c_2838942.png) > [If I ever hear "Power to the people" again, I'llà I just found out that John Lennon wrote that song, "All we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/if-i-ever-hear-power-to-the-people-again-i-ll-i-just-found-out-that/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f02/garry-winogrand-2342_believe_if-i-ever-hear-power-to-the-people-again_1003241.png) > [ If you take a good look at the book \[ Stock Photographs\], it's largely a portrait gallery of faces - faces that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/if-you-take-a-good-look-at-the-book-stock-photographs-it-s-largely-a/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/garry-winogrand-2342_book_if-you-take-a-good-look-at-the-book-stoc_1332626.png) > [There are people who are socially ambitious. If you go back aways, the Sculls, for instance, had a lot of money and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/there-are-people-who-are-socially-ambitious-if-you-go-back-aways-the/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faf/garry-winogrand-2342_ambitious_there-are-people-who-are-socially-ambiti_277537.png) > [I have a good friend who's a very good printer. And he does a certain amount of printing for me. I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-have-a-good-friend-who-s-a-very-good-printer-and-he-does-a-certain/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/300/garry-winogrand-2342_amount_i-have-a-good-friend-who-s-a-very-good-p_119770.png) > [I don't think anything happens without the press, one way or the other. I think it's all done for it. You saw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-don-t-think-anything-happens-without-the-press-one-way-or-the-other/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/garry-winogrand-2342_attention_i-don-t-think-anything-happens-without-t_21888.png) > [I was able to work with two heads. If anything, doing ads and other commercial work were at least exercises in discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-was-able-to-work-with-two-heads-if-anything-doing-ads-and-other/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ece/garry-winogrand-2342_able_i-was-able-to-work-with-two-heads-if-any_1129290.png) > [If I photograph you I don't have you, I have a photograph of you. It's got its own thing. That's really what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/if-i-photograph-you-i-don-t-have-you-i-have-a-photograph-of-you-it-s/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c73/garry-winogrand-2342_ifs_if-i-photograph-you-i-don-t-have-you-i-h_1718845.png) > [I don't know if all the women in the photographs are beautiful, but I do know that the women are beautiful in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-don-t-know-if-all-the-women-in-the-photographs-are-beautiful-but-i/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7db/garry-winogrand-2342_beautiful_i-don-t-know-if-all-the-women-in-the-pho_967093.png) > [If I saw something in my viewfinder that looked familiar to me, I would do something to shake it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/if-i-saw-something-in-my-viewfinder-that-looked-familiar-to-me-i/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/590/garry-winogrand-2342_familiar_if-i-saw-something-in-my-viewfinder-that_958462.png) > [Sometimes I feel like . . . the world is a place I bought a ticket to. It’s a big show for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/sometimes-i-feel-like-the-world-is-a-place-i-bought-a-ticket-to-it-s/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79f/garry-winogrand-2342_bigs_sometimes-i-feel-like-the-world-is-a-pla_2925545.png) > [I have no idea what's going to happen. Who knows - if they can't afford to buy a boat, maybe they buy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-have-no-idea-what-s-going-to-happen-who-knows-if-they-can-t-afford/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec2/garry-winogrand-2342_boat_i-have-no-idea-what-s-going-to-happen-wh_2417555.png) > [Every photograph could be set up. If one could imagine it, one could set it up. The whole discussion is a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/every-photograph-could-be-set-up-if-one-could-imagine-it-one-could/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/garry-winogrand-2342_discussion_every-photograph-could-be-set-up-if-one_629843.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Garry Winogrand > [ \[Photography is \] likewise even French impressionists. So the Sculls bought pop. It was politics, and they moved with it. And I think that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/photography-is-likewise-even-french-impressionists-so-the-sculls/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [It's got to do with the contention between content and form. Invariably that's what's responsible for its energies, its tensions, its being interesting or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/it-s-got-to-do-with-the-contention-between-content-and-form/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [I don't think anything happens without the press, one way or the other. I think it's all done for it. You saw it start,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-don-t-think-anything-happens-without-the-press-one-way-or-the-other/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [I don't really have any faith in anybody enjoying photographs in a large enough sense to matter. I think it's all about finances, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-don-t-really-have-any-faith-in-anybody-enjoying-photographs-in-a/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [When I see something, I know why something's funny or seems to be funny. But in the end it's just another picture as far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/when-i-see-something-i-know-why-something-s-funny-or-seems-to-be/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [There are things I photograph because I'm interested in those things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/there-are-things-i-photograph-because-i-m-interested-in-those-things/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [There's no way a photograph has to look... in a sense. There are no formal rules of design that can apply.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/there-s-no-way-a-photograph-has-to-look-in-a-sense-there-are-no/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-don-t-have-anything-to-say-in-any-picture-my-only-interest-in/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [I'll come back to New York. I think I'll start focusing in more on the entertainment business. I have been doing some of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-ll-come-back-to-new-york-i-think-i-ll-start-focusing-in-more-on-the/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [There is no special way a photograph should look.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/there-is-no-special-way-a-photograph-should-look/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [It's a lot of work organizing something, whether it's a show or a book, and I don't want to do it every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/it-s-a-lot-of-work-organizing-something-whether-it-s-a-show-or-a-book/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [I have a good friend who's a very good printer. And he does a certain amount of printing for me. I do all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-have-a-good-friend-who-s-a-very-good-printer-and-he-does-a-certain/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [I never saw a pyramid, but I've seen photographs; I know what a pyramid or a sphinx looks like. There are pictures that do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-never-saw-a-pyramid-but-i-ve-seen-photographs-i-know-what-a-pyramid/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [I develop my own film. And I work in spurts. I pile it up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/i-develop-my-own-film-and-i-work-in-spurts-i-pile-it-up/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) > [People are going to have a good time, you know. One can go have a good time at these big openings in museums. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garry-winogrand/people-are-going-to-have-a-good-time-you-know-one-can-go-have-a-good/) [Garry Winogrand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garry-winogrand/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/garry-winogrand/#itemlist", "name": "22 Ifs Quotes By Garry Winogrand", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know if I'm really the fastest. 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