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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: 1980
Medium: Chromogenic print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

A bouquet of flowers placed at the base of a tombstone. The bouquet is tied together with a pink ribbon and the flowers are wilting. A small pile of white petals has gathered in the grass below the bouquet.

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