William Eggleston: Photographer

Synopsis: This DVD looks at the work of William Eggleston, pioneer of modern colour photography, whose work has influenced generations of young photographers, artists and filmmakers including Jurgen Teller, Andreas Gursky, Sofia Coppola, Gus van Sant and David Lynch.
The film documents how Eggleston came to develop his technique of art photography. It shows the first black-and-white photographs made at the beginning of Eggleston’s career. Here the influence of Henri Cartier Bresson’s decisive moment is still evident. Yet Eggleston went his own artistic way early on. Elements of his later work in color can already be discerned in the composition of the black-and-white photographs.
Reiner Holzemer visited Eggleston in Memphis in the autumn of 2007, where, for the first time, he was able to get the photographer to talk about his artistic background and concept of photography. Up to then, Eggleston had largely refused to answer such questions.
Language: English
Country: Germany
Year of release: 2008
Availability: Out of Distribution
Subjects: Art
Keywords: colour; photography; Eggleston, William

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