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William EgglestonAmerican Photographer · 1939–present
All works by this person →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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- negative October 1976; print 1977
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- Chromogenic print
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Car culture is evident throughout this photograph, while the tracks of a railroad--once such a vital form of transportation--are almost indistinguishable. William Eggleston made this photograph in October 1976, just before the presidential election. The image is part of a series of photographs documenting the area in and around winning candidate Jimmy Carter's hometown, Plains, Georgia.
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