William Eggleston's Cameras

[danielsterno]

Take a look at this! wild, at least to me....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324715704578481214024861412.html

 

[John Bragg]

That's an insane ammount of cameras. And to think I thought I was bad !

 

[stompyq]

He shot with LTM leica's??

 

[Dan Daniel]

Chauncey Hare, in his catalog 'This Was Corporate America,' quotes John Szarkowski- 'In photography, it really helps to have money.'

Stieglitz, Evans, Eggleston... there's a long tradition, especially with MOMA, of art photographers being independently wealthy.

Collecting cameras is a very gentlemanly pursuit. One must find ways to fill the days, yes?

 

[gns]

Don't have all those cameras, but I've got an old pair of white bucks.

 

[BenJT]

There's a documentary (its on YouTube split up into 10min segments) that shows more of his cameras, and he goes into his obsession of old ltm mount canons. They also show him messing around with a mamiya universal.

 

[Flood]

I just spent the afternoon ogling the lots of the Westlicht auction this weekend. It was more or less like Eggleston's suitcases turned over.

There's a documentary (its on YouTube split up into 10min segments) that shows more of his cameras, and he goes into his obsession of old ltm mount canons. They also show him messing around with a mamiya universal.

A link for the lazy.

 

[CliveC]

Stieglitz, Evans, Eggleston... there's a long tradition, especially with MOMA, of art photographers being independently wealthy.

Not to mention the big one, Cartier-Bresson.

 

[jsrockit]

He shot with LTM leica's??

Among many other types of cameras...

 

[telenous]

These are just the Leicas and their clones. In various documentaries he's seen using other cameras, e.g. a Mamiya Universal, a Pentax MX with a pancake lens, a Contax G2 and so on. He's clearly insatiable

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[cosmonaut]

I think Eggleston was born into money.

 

[Lflex]

He probably knows that each of those cameras will be worth 10 times more, just because he owned them.
It is almost like printing your own money.

 

[leicapixie]

The usual thing about Cartier-Bresson. HCB did indeed come from money, but was most definitely not taking or getting. HCB bulk loaded odd movie lengths, sprockets only on one side. Lived in dismal surroundings for many years. Look up about Mexico. The fact some were wealthy has no bearing on their hard work, diligence and superb creative eyes. They may have benefited from a better education.
I look at photos, images and art, totally unconcerned with the artists bank account!
That's a lot of cameras..so i am not bad..i am healed!

 

[Lflex]

Leicapixie, do you have a source stating that HCB didnt live off family money?

 

[bobkonos]

"I don’t think about what camera I should use that much. I just pick up the one that looks nicest on the day."

-William Eggleston

 

[cosmonaut]

I also saw in a documentary Egglestons daughter said there were always camera parts laying around the house, like he took them apart ect. You never know a big part of them may not even work right. Maybe he wasn't one to send out for a CLA.
Jay Leno owns about every car and motorcycle ever made. There's nothing wrong with collecting things. I have more cameras than I can use now. But I still like having them.