Art Blart

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William Eggleston
‘Untitled’ c.1971 – 1973
from “Troubled Waters” 1980

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“One of the most influential photographers of the last half-century, William Eggleston has defined the history of color photography. This exhibition is the artist’s first retrospective in the United States and includes both his color and black-and-white photographs as well as Stranded in Canton, the artist’s video work from the early 1970s.”

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Link to William Eggleston video

“This candid interview with photographer William Eggleston was conducted by film director Michael Almereyda on the occasion of the opening of Eggleston’s retrospective ‘William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008′ at the Whitney Museum of American Art. A key figure in American photography, Eggleston is credited almost single-handedly with ushering in the era of color photography. Eggleston discusses his shift from black and white to color photography in this video as, “it never was a conscious thing. I had wanted to see a lot of things in color because the world is in color”. Also included in this video are Eggleston’s remarks about his personal relationships with the subjects of many of his photographs.”

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William Eggleston
‘Untitled’ nd
from “Los Alamos” 1965 – 68 and 1972 – 74 (published 2003)

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The Whitney Museum of American Art website also contains another video of the artist’s son talking about his father and their relationship, along with seminal and not so well known black and white photographs from video work from this iconic artist.

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Exhibition dates: November 7, 2008 – January 25, 2009

Whitney Museum of American Art William Eggleston exhibition webpage.