https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Eggleston

https://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/12/review-william-eggleston-zenith-2013.html

WILLIAM EGGLESTON

William Eggleston was born in July 1939. He is an American photographer and is credited mostly for his colour photography. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and was raised in Mississippi. As a child Eggleston was an introvert and so spent a lot of his time by himslef. His early photography was inspired by work of Swissborn photographer Robert Frank and French photographer Henri Cartier- Bresson.  

Eggleston first photographed in black and white and began experimenting with colour in 1965 and 1966. Colour transparency film became his dominant medium. The book At Zanith by Eggleston was created in 2013. He describes his book as“my childhood and adulthood escapes unexpectedly met each other.” 

In an interview by Shahrzad Kamel from ASX magazine William Eggleston describes the book in a lot of detail and goes into the meaning behind it. Within the interview he talks about how he use to lie on the grass as a child and stare up at the sky while forgetting everything. He describes how he watched them move for hours while raising his hands to the sky. He says, “I wished I could touch them, I would dream of riding away on one; imaginary transportation to another universe.” The book contains abstract images of the sky and moving clouds. Although the concept is relatively simple, the meaning and spiritual connotations behind the idea is very powerful. Eggleston wanted his images to be artistic, and to resemble paintings and well as photographic images.

“I was interested in photographic works that were very much about photography, but certainly—hopefully—were grounded in painting.”
—William Eggleston

I love the bright pastel colours within his work. I also really like the simplistic feel they create. He uses colour to catch the viewers attention which is what I also aim to achieve within my photobook and final prints. Eggleston uses the sky as a landscape because its constantly moving and evolving which is what makes it so interesting. He also presents the images in a simple way which is very effective. I also want to keep this in mind when presenting my final images because it is a very effective way of presenting my abstract images.