Neil Winokur
American artist
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Neil Winokur (born 1945) is an American photographer based in New York City.[1] Winokur's work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[2][3][4]
Neil Winokur | |
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| Born | 1945 (age 80–81) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Hunter College, 1967, degree in math and physics |
| Known for | Photographer |
Biography
Born and raised in New York City, Winokur attended Hunter College, graduating with a degree in math and physics in 1967. Winokur currently works in management at the Strand Bookstore, where he has worked on and off for four-plus decades as a book purchaser.[5][1]
Artistic practice
In the early 1970s, Winokur began taking photos after borrowing a camera from a friend, initial experimenting in black and white urban scenes.[1] In 1987, Winokur received a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts for his photography.[6]
Exhibitions
- 1989 - The Photography of Invention: American Pictures - National Museum of American Art[7]
- 1991 – Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort - MoMA[8]
