Documentary photography had a long association with black and white imagery, but when colour photography became established it was inevitable that a new wave of photographers would embrace it to tell documentary stories with their cameras. Photographers like William Eggleston helped popularise it with his book ‘William Eggleston’s Guide’ (1976), and it brought a new feeling and aesthetic to a genre of photography that stretches right back to the earliest days of the medium.
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