Famous Photographer #6

William Eggleston 

He was born in 1939 and is still alive at 78

When he was younger he would play around with the piano, drawing and electronics. School was hard for him because he did not fit in.

He was one of the pioneers of color photography. (colorist).

After high school he jumped around to 3 diffrent colleges and never got his degree. but at college he discovered photography. His friend gave his a Leica. Then he went to art school and studied abstract expressionism.

He taught of Harvard for a year and discovered a new paper type called dry transfer paper.

The MOMA did show color photographs before but Egglestons show in 1976 changed that. At the MOMA is where he became friends with Andy Warhol which gave him a lot of help. 

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75th Birthday

This was the last event of 2017 and was a lot of fun. The same person I did my first headshot for was the same person who hired me to do my only big event of the year. I knew a few people at the party which is always a plus. It was also my first time shooting and going to Helsinki, which was cool to see the inside. 

I use my Sony more then the canon. I use the canon for studio work or if a longer lens needs to be used. It was a dark room so I brought a flash and having a camera which shoots great in lowlight was very helpful.

 

New Collection

After researching about Richard Avedon and the series he did The American West. Gave me an idea to photograph used/old tools. His series he photographed the raw and rugged people who were not clean cut or in the fashion world. The people he photographed had stories to tell just by how they looked and dressed on a white backdrop which takes away what could be a messy background where the subject could be lost. Taking his photographs and adding my twist to it in a way. The reason I call it a collection instead of a series is because there part of the over all still life portraits. Another thing about the series and the collection is that the photographs are light not dark like my "normal" photographs are.  

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If you know anyone who has used tools or an artist with paint covered shoes or something that could tell a story like the tools let me know. The more interesting the better.

Why #6

Would you call your self a historian?

Yes in the fact that I document live and the things around me today so people of the future or when I look back can see what life looked like. Being a photographer and a videographer in some sense does make you, your own historian in the fact of capturing life now for the future.

Do you plan on doing anything else besides photography?

Yes. If you have looked at my about me and gone to the bottom, you can see that I have and do more then just take photographs. I also plan on doing a lot more then just photography. I want photography to be one of my passions and something I am known for moslty but I could go in on some other art form and be even better then photography or just do another art form on the side. I am also intrested in buisness and investing. I have many ideas and things I want to do in life but, I do like playing the long game. People say life is to short and others say I am still so young and have my whole life in front of me. 

Did you go to college for photography?

The short answer is no, I did not. The long answer is that I did go to college after HS for one year. During that year I took 2 artistic classes. One being photography that I loved and the "famous" Catskill fog photo was taken before photography class one day. The other artistic class was graphic design and I did amazing at those 2 classes. College is not for me but I did do a year.

Any new things coming up?

I do have a creative mind so ideas for projects are always coming in mind and I have some projects that I would like to do sooner then later but just need an extra set of hands. I also don't want to do project after project right away. If I wanted to i could make a series of images I have collected over time but I want to do bigger projects that are more selective if that makes sence.

Websites

It started with making my website and playing around and learning how to use Sqaurespace. I did take a web site making class in school and college but we learned the old HTML way. With Squarespace there is no coding needed. If you know code or look up something you need and copy an paste it. I have made a few websites for people and I do plan on using Squarespace agin for other sites I make for people and my self. 

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