Wednesday, September 18, 2013

William Eggleston


WILLIAM EGGLESTON WAS BORN IN 1939. HE HAS TAKEN OVER THOUSAND PHOTOGRAPHS IN HIS OWN TOWN. HE TAKES IMAGES OF "EVERYDAY LIFE", SOMETIMES HIS IMAGES MIGHT BE WEIRD AND HAVE SOME WEIRD PROPS ON THEM BUT THEY ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND WITHOUT THEM THE IMAGE WOULD NOT BE THE SAME. HE ALWAYS TAKES ONE IMAGE OF ONE THING, NEVER TAKES SEVERAL SHOTS OF THE SAME OBJECT. HE HAS BEEN INTO PHOTOGRAPHY FOR OVER 50 YEARS SO HIS IMAGES HAD IMPROVED SINCE HE STARTED IT. HE GOT HIS FIRST CAMERA WHEN HE WAS 18. HE STARTED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY AND WAS PRINTING THEM BY HIMSELF. HE SHOT EVERYDAY MOMENTS TO SHOW HOW HE SEES LIFE BECAUSE ALL HIS IMAGES ARE SPONTANEOUS AND THAT'S HOW HE SHOWS PEOPLE HOW HE SEES LIFE THROUGH IMAGES. EVERYTHING ON HIS IMAGES COUNTS AND MATTERS  EVERY PATTERN, PROP, OBJECT, PERSON, LINE ETC. WILLIAM SHOTS HIS IMAGES OF RANDOM PEOPLE BUT HE DOES IT REALLY GENTLY SO THEY DON'T EVEN REALISE. HE IS THE MAN THAT TREATS EVERYTHING EQUALLY, EVEN IF IT WAS A CHAIR OR A PERSON, THEY ALL EQUAL TO HIM. HIS PRIVATE MOMENTS HE SHOT WITH A GREAT EXPRESSION. HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH FASHION DESIGNERS ETC. FOR EXAMPLE HE TOOK IMAGES FOR MARC JACOBS. IN 1965 HE STARTS EXPERIMENTING WITH COLOUR TRANSPARENCY FILM. HE IS VERY FASCINATED ABOUT GUNS, AND LOVES IT'S TEXTURE AND THEY WAY THAT THEY ARE MADE. HE ALSO USED TO PLAY PIANO. FOR HIS IMAGES HE USED TO TAKE HIS SON OUT AND TAKE PHOTOS OF HIM ON SOME OF IMAGES OF HIS SON HE DIDN'T LOOK HAPPY BUT THE SHOTS WERE STILL GREAT BECAUSE HIS SON MOOD AND THE BACKGROUND WERE IN THE SAME KID OF MOOD.

THIS IMAGE WAS TAKEN BY MARTIN PARR. HIS STYLE REALLY REMINDS ME OF WILLIAM EGGLESTON STYLE BECAUSE BOTH OF THEM TAKE IMAGES OF EVERYDAY LIFE. MARTIN'S IMAGES ARE REAL NOT SET AND PREPARED JUST THE SAME AS WILLIAMS. PARR'S IMAGE LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN TAKEN SPONTANEOUSLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THESE TWO GIRL'S FACE'S SAY. THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS GREAT AS THE BACKGROUND IS OUT OF FOCUS. THE MAIN SUBJECT WHICH IS THAT GIRL IS REALLY SHARP AND IN FOCUS. MARTIN PARR IS A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER WHICH MEANS THAT HE TAKES CANDID PHOTOS ANYWAY AS HIS JOB. 

THIS IMAGE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WAS TAKEN BY WILLIAM AND IT WASN'T SET UP EITHER. THE LIGHTING IS GREAT ON THIS IMAGE AND I LOVE HOW THE BOARDER LOOKS ON IT AS IT WAS NOT EDITED. NOT MANY PHOTOGRAPHERS CAN TAKE ONE SHOT OF EACH IMAGE AND BE PROUD OF IT AS NOT EVERYONE HAS GOT THAT GOOD EYE THAT WILLIAM HAS. AND FOR ME ITS AMAZING HOW HE TAKES ONE IMAGE OF EACH SUBJECT AND THAT ONE IMAGES IS LOVED BY MOST OF PEOPLE.