2 1/4Born and raised in Mississippi and Tennessee, William Eggleston began taking pictures during the 1960s after seeing Henri Cartier Bressons The Decisive Moment. In 1966 he changed from black and white to color film, perhaps to make the medium more his own and less that of his esteemed predecessor. John Sarkowski, when he was curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, called Eggleston the first color photographer, and the world in which we

Edward Weston (1886-1958) contributed to this modern perspective on the periphery of the art world

“I was in search of water and the effect its absence had on me

frustrated my camera

It’s a place where animals are only seen when they’re being hunted and humans balance between an unapologetic existence and an abyss of secrecy

free from the chaos and uncertainty of the sentient world above

The 20 texts

a charred board of nails stands erect

this gathers his most iconic images

Coming and Going is Jim Goldberg’s unique work of autobiography

Lyon's photography is saturation reporting at its finest

he was a photographer for the City of Baltimore

After several years behind the lens in the fashion world