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William Eggleston

American Photographer · 1939–present

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William Eggleston assumes a neutral gaze and creates his art from commonplace subjects: a farmer's muddy Ford truck, a red ceiling in a friend's house, the contents of his own refrigerator. In his work, Eggleston photographs "democratically"--literally photographing the world around him. His large-format prints monumentalize everyday subjects, everything is equally important; every detail deserves

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Date: negative about 1980; print 1980
Medium: Dye imbibition print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

Isolated against a clear blue sky criss-crossed by electrical wires, the base of a green column wound with contrasting Christmas bulbs creates a study in color, texture, and light. William Eggleston transformed the mundane into the curiously dramatic, including just a glimpse of a drab parking lot and shopping center peeking cautiously around either side in the lower corners to confirm the banal setting.

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