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William Eggleston (1939) is an American photographer. He's often called the Father of Colour Photography. While he didn't invent it or popularise it, he is widely regarded as the photographer who brought serious colour photography into the maintream art world. William Eggleston was born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in Sumner, Mississippi. As a boy, Eggleston was introverted and enjoyed playing the piano, drawing, and working with electronics. From an early age, he was drawn to visual media; he reporte