{"id":3979,"date":"2016-09-21T14:28:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2016-09-21T14:28:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:28:34","slug":"william-eggleston-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/william-eggleston-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"William Eggleston &#8211; Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3989\" src=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/EGGBLOG-700x495.jpg\" alt=\"eggblog\" width=\"640\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/EGGBLOG-700x495.jpg 700w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/EGGBLOG-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/EGGBLOG.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>William Eggleston is known as a pioneering portrait photographer. Currently\u00a0the National Portrait Gallery is showcasing the most comprehensive display of his work ever, from the 1960s to the present day.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition includes never before seen vintage black and white prints, his earliest work from the 1960s. Also a range\u00a0of his colour photography, which is celebrated as being pivotal in the recognition of colour photography as a contemporary art form.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition showcases 100 of Egglestons works. Here are just a few of our favourites:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3985\" src=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg1-473x700.jpg\" alt=\"will-egg1\" width=\"473\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg1-473x700.jpg 473w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg1-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3983\" src=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg5-700x466.png\" alt=\"will-egg5\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg5-700x466.png 700w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg5-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg5.png 903w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3982\" src=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg-4-477x700.jpg\" alt=\"will-egg-4\" width=\"477\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg-4-477x700.jpg 477w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg-4-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg-4.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3984\" src=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg6-700x518.jpg\" alt=\"will-egg6\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg6.jpg 700w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg6-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3980\" src=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg.jpg\" alt=\"will-egg\" width=\"412\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg.jpg 412w, https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Will-Egg-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of this last photo, Eggleston said, \u201cSome kind of pimply, freckle-faced guy in the late sunlight. And by God, it all worked.\u201d He regards this as his first successful colour image, the first frame he shot.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u00a0small, the exhibition is perfectly curated and a really stunning\u00a0collection of Eggletsons work. An exhibition you could walk around again and again. A definite must-see show!<\/p>\n<p>It is on at the National Portrait Gallery until 26 October.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets cost \u00a38 or \u00a36.50 for concessions. Book yours now here &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npg.org.uk\/whatson\/eggleston\/tickets.php\" target=\"_blank\">www.npg.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Eggleston is known as a pioneering portrait photographer. Currently\u00a0the National Portrait Gallery is showcasing the most comprehensive display of his work ever, from the 1960s to the present day. The exhibition includes never before seen vintage black and white &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/william-eggleston-portraits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[187,172,182,171,184,185,154,183,186,181],"class_list":["post-3979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-status","tag-187","tag-course","tag-eggleston","tag-london","tag-national-portrait-gallery","tag-npg","tag-photography","tag-portraits","tag-september","tag-william"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3979"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3990,"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3979\/revisions\/3990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/photographycourselondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}