Maybe I just don’t understand art. I watched the movie, and I thought it was well put together (on Sasha Water’s part), but I didn’t understand it very well. The film was about a famous photographer, Gary Winogrand, who was apparently well respected and liked in the photography industry, but I’m not sure I agreed with all of the gushing remarks and comments made about him. Within in the first half hour of the film he had a conversation with a buddy of his and said something along the lines that he loves women and most often, he doesn’t ask, he just grabs. When his friends, said, well yes, you can do that, but sometimes those women say no. The great Gary Winogrand said… well that’s when you convince them with the other hand. Just because sexual assault was probably more common and accepted in the 60s and 70s doesn’t mean that it was right or appropriate. Winogrand later went on to publish a photo album filled with pictures of “sexy and beautiful women without bras” that he had taken on the street. This piece of work was not received quite as well as his other photographs, and the fact that the book hinted at misogyny and the male gaze was partly why. In regards to the other work that he put out, I was fascinated by it. I enjoyed viewing the hundreds of photographs of his throughout New York City, but I guess what I don’t understand is why it’s such a big deal. I feel like anyone in the right place at the right time can snap a photo and no matter if they’re “professionals” or not, it wouldn’t really matter. Even when in the film they began talking about his later work and saying that it wasn’t as good as his greater pieces “back in the day,” I personally, couldn’t see the differences between his famous work and lesser-known photographs, but maybe I just don’t understand art.