william eggleston

  William eggleston was born in Menphis Tennessee July 27, 1939.William was interested in visual media and audio technology as a child.He attend a lot of different universities, but never earn a degree in any.During college his interest in photography grow.He got a camara from his friend and started taking pictures.

(GREEN NEON REFLECTION AND PUDDLE, MAN WALKING, PARIS)
2007

  He was introduce to a lot of people and someone thought it was a surprising work.William taught at Harvard in 1973and 1974 that is where he prepared his first portfolio, entitled 14 pictures in (1974).He became known as"the father of color photography" for his striking photos, events and landescapes in the south.He won the Hasselblad foundation internacional award in photography in 1988, the Gold Medal for photography from the national arts club in 2003 and was   awarded the Getty lifetime achievement award from internacional center of photography in 2004. He has travel to a lot of places like Europe.