# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-eggleston
# Generated: 2026-09-03T11:26:43.330Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/william-eggleston"
name: "William Eggleston"
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description: "William Eggleston is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition of color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include William Eggleston's Guide (1976) and The Democratic Forest (1989)."
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birthDate: "1939-07-27"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump