Untitled c. 1971s

This untitled photograph was taken by William Eggleston, and well, it looks like it was shot on film, because of those faded colors. I find Eggleston's use of color so striking, especially how he captures the mundane. Here, the cool blues of the sky offset the statue's warm tones, while the trees beyond are so softly out of focus, as if to echo the blurring of memory. There's a tension between the crisp details of the statue's form and the flatness of the blue sky. It’s as if Eggleston is less interested in perfect clarity than he is in capturing an elusive mood. It makes me think of someone like Gerhard Richter, who also played with focus and blur to get an emotional resonance. Ultimately, I think it’s about how art can embrace uncertainty and ambiguity, capturing life as we feel it, rather than how we know it to be.