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Morton, Mississippi
Creator
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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- 1971
- Medium
- Dye imbibition print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Though two of these children wear homemade costumes to identify their involvement in the usual Halloween festivities, it is the lurid colored light bathing the scene that most clearly communicates the holiday's supernatural origins. The purple sky and green asphalt--as improbable as they are believable--make the picture emblematic of the haunting season. William Eggleston's talent with lighting made the three unremarkable children on an empty road one of his most well known images.
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