Make Great Photos from ANYTHING William Eggleston 

I enjoyed this video. And I love Eggleston's work. I think a lot of it is truly brilliant. But one of the things I like about it is that a lot of it is terrible. Unredeemably bad. Yet he still puts it out there. Sometimes I wonder if he is an artist AND marketing genius like Dali and Picasso or if, as he suggests, he truly doesn't care one way or other. What I find suspicious is not his willingness to put out bad or mediocre work but those who gush over every one of his snapshots as if they are all masterpieces of even good. But it is not his fault if someone treats his work like an expensive fad. After all, it took some rich highbrow rubes to make Jackson Pollock famous, right?

One of the best insights on Eggleston I have seen. I like hearing his motivations for doing what he did. While mainly a B&W shooter myself I am always drawn to the saturated photos of Eggleston.

Interesting fact: He had a long term relationship with Viva, one of Warhol's superstars. She lived in the Chelsea Hotel so he was a regular there. For all his highbrow, southern gemtlemanly ways, he dabbled in downtown, off-beat social circles, too.

Thank you. Your channel is without doubt one of the more well produced, enlightening and entertaining in the photography genre. Much appreciate your efforts to deliver this material. Slainte!

To me the appeal of Eggleston comes from the collective aspect of nostalgia. A box of snap shots. Many photos are nothing on their own, and some photos are by themselves distinguished by subject matter and by photographic fundamentals like composition. The tricycle photo for one. People fall into two categories. "oh remember those? they don't make those anymore." (along with knowing why) Or, "what is that? When was that a thing to have?" (along with wondering why it's no longer a thing) Add in the way the tricycle is shot, you get the mundane made into the Americana icon. Most of his other stuff is pieces of nostalgia of how things were. Changes in how cars look, how people dress, knowing the photo is old and thinking about how people lived. If you gave a group of kids their first camera, they'll go and take pictures of anything. None of them will be considered more than snapshots at the time. Collect them and hold on to them until everyday design elements change drastically, you get your art.

I love the statement about not understanding digital cameras. Having a great understanding of the equipment you use is better than the next best new thing.

This was really good. Nicely put together and well researched. I initially did not care for Eggleston's work. Maybe I've evolved more as a photographer but whatever has happened, I now love his photos even to the point of buying some of his books.

As someone who knows Eggleston's work and has met him I can say that this is an excellent, plain-language backgrounder for his published work. Should be "Start Here" for anyone interested in exploring him further. There have been mountains of bullshit heaped around him. This gets the newbie on an accurate starting course.

I love your video! I hope for more Eggleston content like this ! Cheers man!

Great, information dense video here. And interesting/thought-provoking info too. I've never really made up my mind about William Eggleston. I really like balanced photos like HCB's, and often think that Eggleston was aiming for that but didn't really have an eye for composition. Many of his pics look way off to me eg the pic at 7:06 and the one after. Also, the way the colour of the film emulsions is rendered adds a lot to the photos. If many of his shots were taken on a smartphone, I wonder if they'd still have any charm/mystery/atmosphere? I really enjoyed the video, anyway, and can see that you must have put a lot of work into it. Well done. Subbed.

Claiming your photography is the only thing worth to look at when all you do is take mundane landscape shots is pretty bold 😅

Great insights! Love how you put this together. Nice presentation and really informational 🙌

Thanks a lot. Reminds me to by a book from him.

Great episode.

Excellent video. Subscribed!

"I still use Film, I never use Digital. It's Not the waiting process of Film that I like. I have a lot of Digital Cameras but I never use them..." William Eggleston

It seems the trick to me is knowing what is mundane and what is mundane that can be art. Not everything mundane can be art.

I’d argue Saul Leiter was the “father” of color photography

Most people nowadays only want the lastest New Camera coming out and they forget about old cameras that can take Insane Outstanding pictures. They think New Cameras it's always the Best. I never Understand these People mentality.

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His work is great but man does he sound like a jerk.