William Eggleston

American photographer (born 1939) · United States · Artists

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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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2001“You can take a good picture of anything. A bad one, too... I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of.”In their wordsWilliam Eggleston, cited in: Aperture 165, Aperture Foundation, 2001. p. 12.Read the whole statement

1998Hasselblad AwardAward1983“The myth makes it bigger but when you go in there, you know where you are. I've been in many places bigger than that and it ain't the same.”In their words10 December 1983William Eggleston (1983) telling Richard Harrington of the Washington Post on December 10, 1983 how he felt about Graceland afterRead the whole statement

1939Born27 July 1939

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You can take a good picture of anything. A bad one, too... I want to make a picture that could stand on its own, regardless of what it was a picture of.
2001, William Eggleston, cited in: Aperture 165, Aperture Foundation, 2001. p. 12., Own words
The myth makes it bigger but when you go in there, you know where you are. I've been in many places bigger than that and it ain't the same.
Dec 10, 1983, William Eggleston (1983) telling Richard Harrington of the Washington Post on December 10, 1983 how he felt about Graceland after, Own words