Photographer William Eggleston, telling Richard Harrington of the Washington Post on December 10, 1983 how he felt about Graceland after photographing it in 1982, as part of the publication of a paperback entitled “Elvis at Graceland”, the visual images of which having been commissioned to him, on the recommendation of Andy Warhol, by the Elvis Presley Estate. On April 7, 2021, almost 4 decades after that assignment, a set made up of just 11 of those prints was auctioned at Phillips in New York, hammering at US$226,000
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The myth makes it bigger but when you go in there, you know where you are. I've been in many places bigger than that and it ain't the same"
— Photographer William Eggleston
What It Means
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Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.
About Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (8 January 1935 – 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.
