William Eggleston came upon photography in the early 1960's at which time he abandoned a traditional education and started learning from photo books by such artists as Walker Evans, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank. While he started in the traditional black and white photography he quickly dropped that for color photography which at the time was only being used for commercial advertising. In 1976 with a ground breaking one-person show at the Museum of Modern Art, New York Eggleston mounted his show "Color Photographs" and created his reputation as a pioneer of color photography!
Eggleston photographs mundane and everyday subjects. Most of the time I am unsure why I love his photographs as much as I do but they do honestly draw me in. He assumes a neutral gaze as he documents the south. Everything from a kids bike to a trailer hitch is photographed with equal importance. He brings importance to the things we pass over, ignore or barely see in the grand scope of walking through our every day life.
I grabbed a just a few of his photos that caught my eye today from his official website the
Eggleston Trust.
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