. What do the photos mean to Eggleston? In most cases the photos that Eggleston has taken they have represented his life in the southern culture, His interests and memorys through out his southern life and where he used to live. Technically there is no way of knowing exactly what his photos mean, because only the person who takes the photographs can know the true meaning behind them.
2. What do they mean to you?
Through out Eggleston I have felt that he is a simple type of guy that rather take photos of objects or people that have a meaning to him even if we dont exactly know what that meaning is, in the long run I feel that he is using his interests and the simplicity of life to inspire his photography.
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 that the photos can be interpreted by you no matter what the photographer meant by his photos. Everyone has their own meaning within what a photo represents and that exactly what gives photography such an implicit meaning and almost anyone can make their own accuasations on what a photo possibly means.
4. What makes these photos ART and not just snapshots? (why should we care?) These photos are ART because they mean something to someone. Someone put thought into what would make the photo a good picture and thought it would be important to show to other people or even other photographers, these photos are meaninngful to the person even if no one else understands why and thats the beauty of it and what makes it more than a snapshot.
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