Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:32 PM PDT
Munich, Germany - William Eggleston's early photographs were black and white. In
the 1960s he began to photograph in colour and - almost single-handedly - heralded in the era of fine art colour photography. A solo show at the MoMA in 1976 made him famous. Eggleston's snapshot aesthetic and his psychologising use of colour was still unusual at the time; in an annual review, the MoMA show was even called, "The most hated show of the year."
Today Eggleston enjoys a cult status among younger generations of photographers and film directors.
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