William

Eggleston
By: Aleea Campos

The Father of Color

Photography
Bio
 Born July 27, 1936, in Memphis, Tennessee
 Grew up on a former cotton plantation
 Attended Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, but eventually dropped out.
 Started experimenting with photography
in college
Photography
 Originally would produce images in black and
white like Walker Evans and Henri Cartier- Bresson.
 He saw an opportunity to further develop color
photography, so he captured images with a
neutral eye.
 One of his first photographs was an image if a
lightbulb fixed to a red ceiling.
Accomplishments
 He was granted a Guggenheim fellowship in 1974,
and later received the Hasselblad Foundation
International Award in Photography in 1998, along
with the Sony World Photography Award in 2013.
 Many people criticized his photography, claiming
it “lacked artistry,” however others praised the
“dreamlike quality that he gave to seemingly
mundane objects,” as well as the vibrancy of his
work.
Memphis (Rosa sleeping)
Untitled (Supermarket boy with carts)
Untitled (Memphis)
Winston
Work cited
 https://artofcreativephotography.com/famous-
photographers/the-father-color-photography-
william-eggleston-photography/
 https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-
Eggleston
 https://www.artsy.net/artist/william-eggleston