© William Eggleston / Steidl. Source: 10 Lessons William Eggleston Has Taught Me About Street Photography

A couple of recent articles related to William Eggleston.

The first is from the New York Times: William Eggleston,the Pioneer of Color Photography

The second is from Eric Kim. I share his initial thinking about Eggleston:

I didn’t “get” the photographs. What was Eggleston photographing a bunch of random stuff for? His photos seemed to be like a bunch of random snapshots, photographed without much thought or conviction. Just the ordinary and banal things of everyday life. I wanted to punch myself in the gut for spending 300 USD for a photographic book collection that I had no interest in.I then sent Charlie a message and asked him why he enjoyed Chromes, and that I was a bit disappointed. I remember him telling me simply, “The colors are just lovely.” He didn’t say much after that. Source: 10 Lessons William Eggleston Has Taught Me About Street Photography

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I’ve not quite come to terms with Eggleston yet. I bought a copy of William Eggleston’s Guide to see if that would help. It did to a certain extent. There’s certainly something about his photographs that makes me want to look at them again, even though I’m not entirely sure why. I’m not yet a fan, but I’m starting to warm to his work.