William Eggleston Photographer
Uno de los más reconocidos fotógrafos americanos, quizás más apreciado en USA que en Europa.
Fue
uno de los primeros introductores de la foto en color como medio de
expresión. Sus temas son muchas veces banales para así mostrar de otra
manera la forma de vida.
In 1976 with the support of John Szarkowski, the influential
photography historian, critic, and curator, Eggleston mounted "Color
Photographs" a now famous exhibition of his work at the Museum of Modern
Art, New York. William Eggleston's Guide, in which Szarkowski
called Eggleston's photographs "perfect," accompanied this
groundbreaking one-person show that established his reputation as a
pioneer of color photography. His subjects were mundane, everyday, often
trivial, so that the real subject was seen to be color itself. These
images helped establish Eggleston as one of the first non-commercial
photographers working in color and inspired a new generation of
photographers, as well as filmmakers.