In the early 1960’s, Winogrand had begun to photograph women on the street. The subject remained a major preoccupation for several years. Winogrand’s view on women was conceivably shocking, yet simple and enthusiastic. However awkward, Winogrand’s pictures of women in public places mostly made during the sixties, wasn’t published until 1975, as Women Are Beautiful. Winogrand thought his view of woman would be a commercial success, due to the rest of the male world. Too much of his disappointment, the book was not much of a success. In general, woman disliked the book and men were mystified by it, demonstrating that an artist’s enthusiasms can muddle even the most basic of issues. Many critics of Winogrand thought his book to be shapeless as a whole and the pictures uneven in quality. Even Winogrand himself thought it to be the weakest of his books.