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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 October 1976; print 1977
Medium
Chromogenic print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
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View of the neoclassical facade of a building, possibly a private residence, with fluted Corinthian columns and a pediment. The building faces a garden with a number of shrubberies and trees.

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