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    Introduction
    William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include William Eggleston's Guide (1976) and The Democratic Forest (1989).
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    Q389912
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    Introduction
    Education: Webb School, Bell Buckle, Tennesse; Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, ca. 1962; Delta State State College, Cleveland, Mississippi; and University of Mississippi, Oxford. Freelance photographer, Memphis, Tennessee, and Washington, D.C., since 1962 or 1963. Lecturer in Visual and Environmental Studies, Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974. Researcher in Color Video, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1978-1979. Recipient: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1974; National Endowment for the Arts Photographer's Fellowship, 1975; and Arts Survey Grant, 1978.
    Nationality
    American
    Gender
    Male
    Roles
    Artist, Lecturer, Photographer, Researcher, Ricercatrice
    Name
    William Eggleston
    Ulan
    500030719
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    Works

    167 works online

    Exhibitions

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    Publication

    • William Eggleston's Guide William Eggleston. Essay by John Szarkowski, 2002 (reissue of 1976 edition) Hardcover, 112 pages
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