New York c. 1962 - 1979

Garry Winogrand made this photograph in New York. It shows an elephant's trunk reaching across a stone wall towards a human hand. It makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Like what was Winogrand thinking when he snapped this moment? I imagine him wandering around, always alert, always ready. He saw something unusual happening: a connection, a tender touch, between two very different beings. The composition itself is so simple, so direct. It's like he wanted to capture the raw, unscripted moment of contact. He's not trying to tell a story, he's just showing you something that happened. And by showing it, he's asking you to think about it. Winogrand's work reminds me of other street photographers who sought out chance encounters. Maybe that moment of connection is what art is all about.