Monday 21 September 2009

William the 1st



Red Building in Forest, Hale County, Alabama 1983
William Christenberry


Had Walker Evans not persuaded William Christenberry to move to Memphis in 1962, he may never had met and subsequently invited the young Eggleston to visit him in his studio. It was here that Eggelston first noticed Christenberry's colour Brownie snapshots on the wall.

I say William the first because it is highly believed that without this meeting Eggleston may not have experimented with colour, and consquently become the master of colour that is so often regarded as today.

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