“Throwback” book of the day > Women Are Beautiful by Garry Winogrand. Garry Winogrand's sly photographic portraits of everyday public life in the third quarter of the twentieth century stand on a pedestal with those of Robert Frank and only a handful of others. Published in conjunction with a 1975 exhibition at New York's influential Light Gallery - one of the first galleries devoted exclusively to showing photography - this lovely catalogue celebrates Winogrand's eye for the innate allure of the seventies gal in the workplace, at the park, partying at night, and on the street. As the photographer is quoted here: "Whenever I've seen an attractive woman, I've done my best to photograph her. I don't know if all the women in the photographs are beautiful, but I do know that the women are beautiful in the photographs". A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon first hardbound edition (cited on pages 306-307 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") bearing two short closed tears to the edges of the dust jacket. New York: Light Gallery Books & Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1975. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. $ 850.00