Niles himself made the photographs a number of years ago. As he is getting on in years he can't walk on the uneven ground any longer. Dramatic framed photographs of common weeds, magnified up to 16 inches by 24 inches, or even larger, are displayed throughout Eggleston's house just outside Milford Center. As the early morning mist began to clear over the velvety green hillside one day recently, Eggleston spotted a pair of birds resting on a clothesline just outside his kitchen window. He swiftly picked up his binoculars and reflected on the fleeting scene.
People assume that good pictures are the result of expensive equipment.
My slides were taken with a relatively inexpensive 50-210 mm zoom lens with macro capabilities mounted on an equally inexpensive compatible 35 mm camera body. Most of his photos are taken without a flash or any other photographic equipment. Eggleston uses a bean bag instead of a tripod. And the slides are developed by ordinary commercial photo labs. One is the wind.