Neil Winokur
Neil Winokur is an American photographer based in New York City. 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].
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.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. In 1987, Winokur received a Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts for his photography.Exhibitions
- 1989 - The Photography of Invention: American Pictures - National Museum of American Art
- 1991 – Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort - MoMA