William Eggleston transformed color photography through pictures of the American South in which ordinary cars, rooms, food, roads and people become intensely specific. His 1976 exhibition at MoMA was a landmark in the acceptance of color photography as fine art.
Photography
Artist Films
William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008
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"God Damn That's A Good Looking Blue": Winston Eggleston on William Eggleston 1
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Major Works
- 1973The Red Ceiling
- 1969–70Memphis (Tricycle)
- 1973Greenwood, Mississippi
- 1970sUntitled (Peaches)
- 1976Election Eve
- 1965–74Los Alamos
- 1980sThe Democratic Forest
- 1970sMemphis, Tennessee
- 1969–71Guide photographs
- 1970sUntitled, Sumner, Mississippi
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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