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Garry Winogrand was a mid-century photographer, in the tradition of William Eggleston, Alfred Stieglitz, and Stephen Shore, who used the street as his subject and, without manipulation or explicit commentary, hinted at both fact and truth in the ordinary and extraordinary. This photograph, of Los Angeles International Airport, is one of my favorites. Flying used to be exciting and novel, and maybe it still is for some (I still enjoy it). There's something weightless, airy, streamlined and soaring that the curves of the tower, the fading palms and the two female figures form, a feeling that may have faded in the era of limited access, no-liquids and general apprehension at airports around the world.