William Eggleston who recently honoured Paris with an exhibition at Fondation Cartier is showing at no less than three different art spaces in Los Angeles within the next two weeks: ”American Photographer” at Edward Cella Art+Architechture (28.10.2010-31.12.2010), ”Democratic Camera – Photographs and Video 1961-2008” at Los Angeles County Museum (31.10.2010- 16.01. 2011) and finally ”On The Road” at dnj Gallery (13.11.2010 – 29.01.2011)
Eggleston who´s widely recognized as one of the most important photographers of the 20th century owing to his innovative and unconventional approach to composition and early adoption and mastery of color photography.
With an eye not to glorify the world in front of his lens, but with the intent to show things for what they really look like, Eggleston states, “I think I had often wondered what other things see – if they saw like we see. And I’ve tried to make a lot of different photographs as if a human did not take them.”
At the exhibition at Edward Cella the curator Carole Thompson presents a rich offering of unique and historic prints dating from 1965 through 1985 including several of Eggleston’s most iconic images. All the prints presented above are taken from this exhibition.
William Eggleston: American Photographer
Edward Cella Art +Architechture, Los Angeles
http://www.edwardcella.com
28.10.-31.12.2010
