2,500 Undeveloped Rolls

Photo by Peter West

That’s the number of rolls of film that Garry Winogrand discovered in his darkroom upon his early death at 56.

Winogrand is considered by many to be one of the absolute masters of street photography. Known to shoot with both black and white and colour film cameras around his neck it’s said he could come home with 500 images everyday that he went out on the streets.

But why?

Why would any photographer not develop every roll of film as soon as possible?

To find the answer watch this short YouTube video by Streetphotographyguy called “Why the greatest Street Photographer did not develop thousands of rolls of film.“