Light and Shadow.
Elements Interplay.
Rendering the familiar unfamiliar.
A visual deconstruction of the everyday.
Eggleston.
‘I am at war with the Obvious’ - William Eggleston.
William Eggleston’s colour pictures of contemporary America and, essentially, Americana, have been hailed as the advent of colour photography. The beauty in his photographs is that he is able to portray drama, decay and neglect in mundane everyday objects. These pictures, while seemingly snap shot-ish (if ever there was such a word) in nature, really come together when viewed as a set.
Eggleston - Untitled (Peaches) [Source: http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/10/30/a-talk-with-william-eggleston/]
There is almost a dislocation of reality as Eggleston renders the familiar unfamiliar, as he constantly turns his camera onto the seemingly insignificant objects and scenes of the everyday and provides them with an uneasy sense of importance, made even more striking with the bold hues apparent in all his pictures.
The idiosyncrasy of the everyday and the mundane, indeed.
New Zealand, June 2009.
