Tate Modern Visit

Today we visited the Tate Modern to look at the "Energy and Processes exhibition. We were required to look around nine rooms, and select one to write a review on. I chose to focus my review on the William Eggleston Exhibition, as i felt as though i had a personal connection to his work, and it also related to the shoot i did during promotion week.

William Eggleston highlights the simplicity of everyday life in this enthusing exhibition at the Tate Modern, by capturing the ordinary moments of day-to-day life in the American South. “It happens when it happens, it’s not a conscious effort nor a struggle”. [Eggleston William. Online Available at http://photoquotations.com/a/219/William+Eggleston. Accessed 10/10/2013.] You are placed within a clinically arranged series of photographs, which give the impression of physically being a part of that moment in time, through the vivid use of colors and the everyday encounters portrayed in each image. These photographs have such an impact due to their customary atmosphere, and ordinary gestures within the photograph. There is a straightforward connection to these images, particularly the photograph of children at the gate, owing to the fact that there is a focus on capturing “by chance” moments. They convey a natural energy, and do not show the subject matter to be an imitation of someone or something; it is just the idea of capturing a single moment, which is easily relatable.  This exhibition exudes a reminiscent, but still existing ambiance as William Eggleston communicates his idea of conventional life through this tranquil display of photographs.