Untitled c. 1971s

This photograph by William Eggleston, well it's a trip, isn't it? I imagine him, out on a stroll, stopping to capture this image, and that's how the artwork came into being. It has a quiet stillness to it. I feel for this artist, imagining him out there, watching and waiting in the right light, with the right frame. What was he thinking when he made it? What was he feeling? I am drawn to the contrast between the solid permanence of the sculpture and the open sky behind it. It is like a stage set, isn’t it? That bright patch of blue sky is so vibrant; I wonder if other photographs in his body of work play with this kind of contrast. Painters have been doing this kind of thing for centuries, the old masters looking to each other, exchanging ideas through generations. We all influence one another’s creativity. It’s this ongoing conversation that helps us artists to see new things, and to feel we are not alone.