eggleston

William Eggleston has moved through a number of different styles and subject matter over the course of his career. He began in B&W in 1957, photographing things directly overhead and people at parties. He then transitioned into color and expanded to industrial scenes. Throughout the evolution of his career, the one thing that has distinguished his work is his ability to make a mundane scene interesting.

The 8 images that I shot and printed look very different from the 8 I've posted below, partly because I was limited by subject material and B&W. The main thing that I tried to emulate was his ability to spot a bit of color, a funky expression, symmetry, strange light, etc, and use it to make a boring moment worth photographing and sharing.

http://www.mardecortesbaja.com/blog/_archives/2007/7

 

http://lindsaylewisphotography.wordpress.com/author/lindsaylewisphotography/

http://coulditbemadnessthis.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

http://www.brianrose.com/journal/2009_01_01_archive.html

 

http://denniswitmer.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/

 

http://www.seze.net/blog/category/amazing-women/page/2/

http://www.killeryellow.com/blog/page/4/

 

http://www.flickr.com/groups/473537@N20/discuss/72157623327951874/

aaron van valen

I ran into this chap in the Netherlands in the spring of 09 and have been enthralled with his stuff ever since

all credit to http://www.aaronvanvalen.com/blog/

 

 

photos i wish i could claim as my own

Susannah Shattuck 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

and another (from 2008)

 

 

 

Manuel Alvarez Bravo -- http://www.billjayonphotography.com/ManuelAlvarezBravo.html

 

 

Tod Papageorge -- http://gerryco23.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/tod-papageorge/

Yves Klein -- http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2006/08/volare_klein.html

Diane Arbus -- http://www.hitomimatarese.com/pages/diary/diane-arbus-self-portrait-2/

Tod Papageorge -- http://www.artinfo.com/news/photos/953/10705/

Tod Papageorge -- http://www.artinfo.com/news/photos/953/10712/

Branden Kruse -- http://photojournalism.missouri.edu/

Ken Cummings -- http://johngushue.typepad.com/blog/2009/04/rooms-with-views-words-with-clues.html

Susan L. Angstadt -- http://www.susanangstadt.com/

http://artsyspot.com/photojournalism-and-documantary-photos/

Annie Leibovitz -- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/annie-leibovitz/photo-gallery/19/

Annie Leibovitz -- http://www.andrewsmithgallery.com/exhibitions/annieleibovitz/americanmusic/al_1452.html

Ansel Adams -- http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/picturing_the_century/port_adams/port_adams_img108.html

work of my very own

these are all film, taken in Oaxaca, Mexico, between January 15th and March 15th of this past winter: