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Lot Essay
A native Southerner who still lives in Memphis, Tennessee, Eggleston
has created a singular portrait of his native South since the late
1960s. He began his career making black-and-white photographs, influenced by Walker Evans, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank, but quickly began experimenting with colour technology to record his experiences in a more immediate way, at a time when colour photography was largely confined to commercial advertising.
In 1976, John Szarkowski, the influential photography historian, critic and curator organized a one-man show of Eggleston's work, Color Photographs, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This ground-breaking exhibition established his reputation as a pioneer of colour photography and inspired a new generation of photographers and filmmakers.
Eggleston's photographs have been published extensively and have also been the subject of numerous important exhibitions worldwide. He has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts Photographer's Fellowship in 1975 and 1978, as well as Getty Images' Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
Gift of an anonymous donor.
has created a singular portrait of his native South since the late
1960s. He began his career making black-and-white photographs, influenced by Walker Evans, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank, but quickly began experimenting with colour technology to record his experiences in a more immediate way, at a time when colour photography was largely confined to commercial advertising.
In 1976, John Szarkowski, the influential photography historian, critic and curator organized a one-man show of Eggleston's work, Color Photographs, at The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This ground-breaking exhibition established his reputation as a pioneer of colour photography and inspired a new generation of photographers and filmmakers.
Eggleston's photographs have been published extensively and have also been the subject of numerous important exhibitions worldwide. He has been the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the National Endowment for the Arts Photographer's Fellowship in 1975 and 1978, as well as Getty Images' Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004.
Gift of an anonymous donor.