‘At war with the obvious’: the everyday genius of William Eggleston – in pictures

As a new exhibition looks at how the pioneering photographer sparked a colour revolution, his son, William Eggleston III, explains his father’s unique approachUntitled, Summer, Mississippi, Cassidy Bayou in background, 1970Seen today, 50 years after their original publication, in a time when images are constantly produced and circulated, Eggleston’s photographs offer a slower, more attentive way of looking – a way of making the ordinary extraordinary.