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The American photographer William Eggleston emerged in the early 1960s as a pioneer of modern color photography. Now, 50 years later, he is arguably its greatest exemplar. 'At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston' presents the work of this idiosyncratic artist, whose influences are drawn from disparate if surprisingly complementary sources--from Walker Evans and Henri Cartier-Bresson in photography to Bach and late Baroque music. Many of Eggleston's most recognized photographs are lush studies of the social and physical landscape found in the Mississippi delta region that is his home. From this base, the artist explores the awesome and, at times, the raw visual poetics of the American vernacular.