Tate Modern visit

The exhibition, Energy and process at the Tate Modern, the photographer was William Eggleston, and Simon Baker and Shoair Mavlian curated the exhibition. It as about Life today, when asked Eggleston says he purely photographs life today.

The exhibition is retrospective in the pretense that it is being viewed today and not when the photos were taken. The exhibition is not laid out chronologically, but the photos are still easy to follow. The images are from two collections, Chromes from 1969-1974 and Election Eve was taken in the run up to the 1976 presidential election and records a road trip. Both collections show his distinct style, and his interest in bold colours and cars, also with a mixture of strangers he meets on his travels.

The exhibition was incredibly well laid out and easy to look at, all the photos were at eye level in simplistic black frames, which made the exhibition flow very well.

The work represents daily life in his hometown, in Tennessee, the work is simplistic but very effective.

This work is inspirational as it is so simplistic and could inspire many to elaborate on his basic principles. There is a lot of work you could do from this, you could explore a lot with colour and compostion.

“Whatever it is about pictures, photographs, it’s just about impossible to follow up with words. They don’t have anything to do with each other.”