American photographer William Eggleston was raised in Mississippi, he was credited with experimentation and use of colour negative film. Inspired by Henri Cartier Bresson and Walker Evans, Eggleston has a unique ability to tune one's eye and make them notice things, a spoon shining on a Kentucky windowsill or a red dumpster against an orange wall in Memphis. Often compared to fellow Southerner William Faulkner who like Eggleston employ ironic events and macabre to examine values of the American South. A notable example is Eggleston's The Red Ceiling featured on Radio City's record jacket by Big Star.
KELLY CHIA
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