William Eggleston was playing the piano long before he picked up a camera. Classically trained as a young child, he continues to do so daily when so moved, but for a select audience of close friends.

The 2005 documentary William Eggleston in the Real World has been restored and re-released on home media. Far from a normal biography, it often plays like a homage to the photographer’s work.

This mesmerizing documentary, a profile of photographer William Eggleston and his work, puts particular focus on one hugely pivotal moment in not only his own career, but in the art world at large.

William Eggleston is renowned for making the art world take color photography seriously. He started taking pictures when he was a kid, around the... William Eggleston's Music, Much Like His ...

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Photographer William Eggleston got famous in 1976 when his photographs—derided by art snobs for their bold departure from black and white—were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. According to the ...

It’s likely that you’ve never heard William Eggleston‘s music, but you’ve almost certainly seen his photographs. As one of the foremost color photographers of the 20th century, his work helped ...

In 2020, Memphis photographer William Eggleston’s vital place in the international art world is unquestionable. How to find a permanent place for Eggleston in Memphis’ civic and cultural firmament is ...

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Though better known for producing writers than visual artists, the state of Mississippi indirectly enabled color photography's acceptance as an art form through native son William Eggleston's landmark ...

Photographer William Eggleston released his first album, Musik, this past October. In the 1970s, William Eggleston shocked the New York art world when the Museum of Modern Art exhibited his color ...

NPR reporter Rick Karr speaks with Eggleston and Memphis writer Robert Gordon about the parallels of Eggleston's inventive nature in both photography and music. "In the way that you hold a shotgun at ...