William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939), is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium to display in art galleries.Eggleston's early photographic efforts were inspired by the work of Swiss-born photographer Robert Frank, and by French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
At Harvard, william prepared his first portfolio, entitled 14 Pictures (1974). Williams work was exhibited at MoMA in 1976. Although this was well over a decade after MoMA had exhibited color photographs by Ernst Haas,the tale that the William exhibition was MoMA's first exhibition of color photography is frequently repeated,and the 1976 show is regarded as a watershed moment in the history of photography, by marking -
"the acceptance of colour photography by the highest validating institution"
(in the words of Mark Holborn).
In 2012, three dozen of Eggleston's larger-format prints – 40 by 66 inches instead of the original format of 16 by 20 inches – sold for $5.9 million in an auction at Christie's to benefit the Eggleston Artistic Trust, an organization dedicated to the preservation of the artist’s work.
Appearances:Eggleston is featured in a print ad for Marc Jacobs clothing; also in the photo is Charlotte Rampling. They were photographed by Juergen Teller. William Eggleston appears in the movie Great Balls of Fire as Jerry Lee Lewis's father.
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