Apparently Eggleston was influenced by HCB, his black and white stuff taken right at the beginning of his career. It doesn't show, does it? I personally cannot connect with his work, and find it all too mundane and pointless. They have the snapshot feel of a five year old let loose with a kodak throw-away camera, in fact my eleven year old granddaughter has more idea about composition than he ever did. Money talks I guess.
Writers never use good, solid, truncated sentences when there is nothing good or solid to say.