Eggleston's

As a southerner, Eudora Welty implicitly understood Eggleston's democratic gaze and its artistic and mythical resonance.

Myth, Manners and Memory: Photographers of the American South Sean O 2010

There are echoes here of William Eggleston's heightened everydayness, but, if anything, Graham's gaze is even more democratic, his subject matter even more quotidian.

Paul Graham: 'The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether' 2011

While these artists tend to value the ironic and even violent complexity of black and white, Eggleston's images are almost all in color and seem to be tuned in to a different wavelength.

Artillery Magazine Visits LACMA's Eggleston Retrospective Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

This is often the way it is with excellent photography, but Eggleston's vision often detects a drama simmering one or two layers down beneath the constant glint of the obvious.

Artillery Magazine Visits LACMA's Eggleston Retrospective Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

This is often the way it is with excellent photography, but Eggleston's vision often detects a drama simmering one or two layers down beneath the constant glint of the obvious.

Artillery Magazine Visits LACMA's Eggleston Retrospective Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

This is often the way it is with excellent photography, but Eggleston's vision often detects a drama simmering one or two layers down beneath the constant glint of the obvious.

Artillery Magazine Visits LACMA's Eggleston Retrospective Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

This is often the way it is with excellent photography, but Eggleston's vision often detects a drama simmering one or two layers down beneath the constant glint of the obvious.

Artillery Magazine Visits LACMA's Eggleston Retrospective Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

While these artists tend to value the ironic and even violent complexity of black and white, Eggleston's images are almost all in color and seem to be tuned in to a different wavelength.

Artillery Magazine Visits LACMA's Eggleston Retrospective Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

While these artists tend to value the ironic and even violent complexity of black and white, Eggleston's images are almost all in color and seem to be tuned in to a different wavelength.

Artillery Magazine Visits LACMA's Eggleston Retrospective Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011

While these artists tend to value the ironic and even violent complexity of black and white, Eggleston's images are almost all in color and seem to be tuned in to a different wavelength.

Artillery Magazine Visits LACMA's Eggleston Retrospective Nicole Campoy-Leffler 2011