1. What do the photos mean to Eggleston?
The photos hold a significant meaning to Eggleston. It represents the Southern culture. They all tell a story of different people, different lifestyles, different locations, and different scenarios. I think he holds these photos as a captured memory of how life is in the south.2. What do they mean to you?
They mean new knowledge and a new view on another part of this country. Especially the time period. I have never been to the south so I wouldn't know what it looks like over there or what goes on and these pictures show me people from the south in different locations that keep wondering more about the south.
3. What does it mean to be a viewer of Eggleston's photos? (What does it mean to view something that you know has a personal meaning to someone else, but not know what exactly that meaning is?)
3. What does it mean to be a viewer of Eggleston's photos? (What does it mean to view something that you know has a personal meaning to someone else, but not know what exactly that meaning is?)
It means to me that I might be interpreting these photos wrong and completely going against what the person is actually trying to get across (in this scenario, Eggleston). It keeps me trying to assume the meaning but not knowing if my assumption has been correct or not correct.
4. What makes these photos ART and not just snapshots? (why should we care?)
4. What makes these photos ART and not just snapshots? (why should we care?)
They are not typical snapshots. When given one of our first assignments and telling us that we had to portray a photo by Eggleston on our own, it came to my senses that it wasn't easy. I couldn't just pick my camera up and be like okay this is like Eggleston. It seems the angle, the posture, and the scenario was hard to focus. I think it is Art. He's capturing things through his point of view and that's what makes it special. We should care because we are all looking at these photographs for a reason and that reason is yet to be determined individually.
