Imagine | The Colourful Mr Eggleston

</p> <p><em>Imagine</em> shows the normally shy and elusive <em>Eggleston</em> at work – taking photographs on the road, in and around his home town of Memphis.</p> <p><b>William Eggleston</b> (born July 27, 1939) is an American <a title="Photographer" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographer">photographer</a>. He is widely credited with increasing recognition for <a title="Color photography" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_photography">color photography</a> as a legitimate <a title="Art" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art">artistic</a> medium to display in art galleries.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> <div class="post-meta"> <p class="post-categories"><span>Categories:</span><a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/category/photographers/" title="View all posts in Photographers">Photographers</a></p> <div class="post-tags"><span>Tags:</span><ul><li><a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/tag/color/" title="View all posts tagged color">color</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/tag/documentary/" title="View all posts tagged documentary">documentary</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/tag/eggleston/" title="View all posts tagged Eggleston">Eggleston</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/tag/film/" title="View all posts tagged film">film</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/tag/photographer/" title="View all posts tagged photographer">photographer</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/tag/video/" title="View all posts tagged video">video</a></li><li><a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/tag/william/" title="View all posts tagged William">William</a></li></ul></div> <nav class="further-reading"> <div class="previous"> <span>Previous Post</span> <a href="https://www.dogfordstudios.com/youve-learned-use-camera-now/">So you’ve learned how to use your camera, now what? 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