William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include William Eggleston's Guide (1976) and The Democratic Forest (1989).
Eggleston received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1974,the Hasselblad Award in 1998,and Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 2003.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1999〜2000 - William Eggleston and the Color Tradition, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
2001〜2002 - William Eggleston, Fondation Cartier, Paris
2002 - documenta 11, Kassel, Germany
2002 - William Eggleston: Los Alamos, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2008 - William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video 1961–2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2012 - New Dyes, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2016 - William Eggleston: Selections from the Wilson Centre for Photography, Portland Art Museum, Portland
2016 - William Eggleston Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London
2017 - William Eggleston: Los Alamos, Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam
2023 - William Eggleston. Mystery of the Ordinary, C/O Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Awards

1974 - Guggenheim Fellowship
1975 - Photographer's Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
1978 - Survey Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, for a survey of Mississippi cotton farms using photography and color video
1989 - "54 Master Photographers of 1960-1979" Award, Photographic Society of Japan
1995 - Distinguished Achievement Award, University of Memphis
1998 - Hasselblad Award, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003 - Special 150th Anniversary Medal and Honorary Fellowship (HonFRPS), Royal Photographic Society, London
2004 - Getty Images Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Center of Photography (ICP)
2013 - Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award, Sony World Photography Awards, World Photography Organisation, London

Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art,
International Photography Hall of Fame, St.Louis, MO

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