William Eggleston | |
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Born | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | July 27, 1939
Known for | Photography |
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Spouse | Rosa Dossett (m. 1964, died 2015) |
Children | 3 |
Website | www |
William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939)[1] is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition of color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include William Eggleston's Guide (1976) and The Democratic Forest (1989).
Eggleston received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1974,[2] the Hasselblad Award in 1998,[3] and Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2003.[4]