1946-1947 - Winogrand began doing photography while in the United States Air Force.
1947 - Studied painting at City College in New York City.
1948 - Studied painting and photography at Columbia University in New York City.
1951 - Attended Alexey Brodovitch's photojournalism class at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
1952-(1969) - Worked as a freelance photographer for the Ptix Agency and Brackman Associates. His work appeared in many publications including Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Look, Life and Colliers.
1960 - Winogrand's first "one-man show" was held at the Image Gallery in New York City.
1963 - Solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.
1964 - Awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography and he photographed California and the American South West during this year.
1966 - Exhibition "Toward a Social Landscape" featuring Winogrand as well as Lee Friedlander, Duane Michals, Bruce Davidson and Danny Lyon.
1969 - Second Guggenheim Fellowship.
1971 - Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts.
1975 - Award from the National Endowment for the Arts and was exhibited at the Light Gallery in New York City.
1979 - Third Guggenheim Fellowship.
During his life, Winogrand taught at a number of schools including the University of Texas, Austin and the Art Institute of Chicago.
1966
Toward a Social Landscape, ed. by Nathan Lyons, George Eastman House, Rochester
The Photographers Eye, ed. by John Szarkowski, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1968
Looking at Photographs, ed. by John Szarkowski, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1969
The Animals, Afterword by John Szarkowski, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1975
Women are Beautiful, text by Helen Gary Bishop, New York
1977
Public Relations, text by Tod Papageorge,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1978
Mirrors and Windows,ed. by John Szarkowski,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1988
Figments from the real World, essay by John Szarkowski, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1998
The Man in the Crowd : The uneasy Street of Garry Winogrand, texts by Fran Lebowitz and Ben Lifson, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, New York
2002
Garry Winogrand. El juego de la fotografia, T.F. Editores, Madrid