[Leica] kelly's day in geneva photo essay

[wooderson at gmail.com (Matt Powell)]

Eggleston is most successful when his subjects are alive - people or
even animals (the dog lapping at a pool of muddy water in William
Eggleston's Guide). I don't know if he has a disarming presence or if
something else is in play, but his living photographs have a way of
transporting you into the warm, humid southern world he's
photographing. There's not a level of artifice built-in like there is
with the numerous people who've followed him.

His, uh, still-life work (all the interior shots, the tricycle, etc.)
are less interesting than similar photographs by people like Stephen
Shore. Maybe I just don't see the method in that particular madness.

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MP
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