The immediate reviews were very hostile, but they didn't bother me-I had the attitude that I was right. The poor guys who were critics just didn't understand the works at all. I was sorry about that, but it didn't weigh on my mind a bit.
William EgglestonIโve always assumed that the abstract qualities of [my] photographs are obvious. For instance, I can turn them upside down and theyโre still interesting to me as pictures. If you turn a picture thatโs not well organized upside down, it wonโt work.
William EgglestonI quite frequently don't look through the camera, which is very close to being blind.
William EgglestonI had the attitude that I would work with this present-day material and do the best I could to describe it with photography, not intending to make any particular comment about whether it was good or bad or whether I liked it or not. It was just there, and I was interested in it. That's what I still do today.
William Eggleston