The dA-Zed guide to William Eggleston
As a major retrospective celebrates his decades-spanning career at The Photographers’ Gallery, we look back at the eccentric life and legacy of America’s pioneering colour photographer

Few photographers have had as profound an influence on image-making as William Eggleston. His vision of Americana, his use of colour and his poetic, cinematic treatment of everyday life – petrol stations, diners, suburban streets – forged a blueprint which continues to inform today’s artists, photographers, filmmakers, fashion designers and musicians. Lana Del Rey exists in a creative lineage that relies on Eggleston’s imagery. Hishellip;
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