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William Eggleston was prominent in getting coloured photographs looked at in the same light as B&W for fine art photography. Well I should have said almost as even now B&W is looked at as more artistic than colour but he played a role in colour at least being accepted as a form of art and getting coloured photos shown in museums/galleries as a true form of art.
Theory: An Introduction to William Eggleston by John Szarkowski
WILLIAM EGGLESTON
“I take photographs with love, so I try to make them art objects. But I make them for myself first and foremost - that is important.” Jacques-Henri Lartigue
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