This is a rare first edition copy of legendary American photographer Garry Winogrand's first photobook. Here, Winogrand leaves the streets of the city for the caged aisles of the real urban jungle, the zoo, where he captures some of the more humiliating and strange moments in the lives of its inhabitants. According to John Szarkowski: "In The Animals, Garry Winogrand leaves the streets of the city for the caged aisles of the real urban jungle, the zoo. Winogrand's zoo, even if true, is a grotesquery. It is a surreal Disneyland where unlikely human beings and jaded careerist animals stare at each other through bars, exhibiting bad manners and a mutual failure to recognize their own ludicrous predicaments." Included in Martin Parr and Gerry Badger - The Photobook Vol. 1 - p.257 Andrew Roth - The Book of 101 Books - p.192-193 M + M Auer - 802 Photo Books - p.500 Condition: Very rare first edition copy in almost mint condition! Nearly perfect condition - please examine listing photos. (White marks on the photo of the black cover are just reflections - cover is unblemished.)