Memphis

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Memphis

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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 1975; print 1980
Medium: Dye imbibition print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

A contemplative cemetery angel leans against a granite sarcophagus, as if she has just emerged from the vivid blue heavens that frame her creamy, sun-warmed figure. The rosy-gray tomb and a glimpse of muted green and brown grass provide most of the other color in this image, softly balancing the intense hues of the sky.

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