Photographers [Oo] I am at war with the obvious | Photos by William Eggleston, 1960s-70s

William Eggleston, Untitled , 1970-73

William Eggleston, Untitled, 1974

William Eggleston, Untitled, 1970-73

William Eggleston, Southern Environs of Memphis, 1969-70

William Eggleston, Mississippi, 1970-73

William Eggleston, Memphis, Tennessee, 1965-68

William Eggleston, Untitled, 1970-73

William Eggleston, Las Vegas, 1967

William Eggleston, Untitled, 1980

William Eggleston, “The Red Ceiling”, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1973

William Eggleston, Two girls, 1973

William Eggleston, Untitled , 1970-73

William Eggleston, Downtown Morton, Mississippi, 1970

William Eggleston, Untitled, 1967

“I don’t think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day.”

“I never know beforehand. Until I see it. It just happens all at once. I take a picture very quickly and instantly forget about it.”

“I am at war with the obvious.”

“The way I have always looked at it is the world is in color. And there’s nothing we can do about that.”

“I want to be clear about something. The artist… if the thing is in that person to do, it will find a way out. Doesn’t matter where you plant it.”

“A picture is what it is, and I’ve never noticed that it helps to talk about them, or answer specific questions about them, much less volunteer information in words. It wouldn’t make any sense to explain them. Kind of diminishes them. People always want to know when something was taken, where it was taken, and, God knows, why it was taken. It gets really ridiculous. I mean, they’re right there, whatever they are.”

William Eggleston, 1939 –

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