Acquired from the collection of the artist, Memphis
Miller Block Gallery, Boston
William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 7 November 2008 – 25 January 2009; Haus der Kunst, Munich, 20 February – 17 May 2009, for another print exhibited
Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, William Eggleston, p. 119
Moore, Starburst: Color Photography in America 1970-1980, pl.136
Random House, Eggleston: Ancient and Modern, p. 53
Sussman and Weski, William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008, pl. 12
Szarkowski, William Eggleston's Guide, p. 55
Weski and Liesbrock, How You Look At It: Photographs of the 20th Century, p. 33
American • 1939
William Eggleston's highly saturated, vivid images, predominantly capturing the American South, highlight the beauty and lush diversity in the unassuming everyday. Although influenced by legends of street photography Robert Frank and Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eggleston broke away from traditional black and white photography and started experimenting with color in the late 1960s.
At the time, color photography was widely associated with the commercial rather than fine art — something that Eggleston sought to change. His 1976 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, Color Photographs, fundamentally shifted how color photography was viewed within an art context, ushering in institutional acceptance and helping to ensure Eggleston's significant legacy in the history of photography.
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