BEFORE THE COLOR - WIlliam Eggleston
A few years ago, the people in charge of the William Eggleston Trust in Memphis found a box in their archives containing the very first photographs by the master of color, William Eggleston. Incredible images... in black and white! This book brings together these photos in their entirety, and shows the artistic beginnings of a pioneer of contemporary photography. In the late 1950s, Eggleston began photographing the suburbs of Memphis using 35mm black-and-white film. In this way, he developed a unique photographic style, which would later shape his work in color. An unprecedented vision of deepest America, his own, with its symbols: supermarkets, diners, gas stations and strangers crossed paths worthy of an American film. Fifty years later, all these images have been digitized from vintage prints developed by Eggleston in his own darkroom. He gave the go-ahead for this publication, and has worked hard to help people discover this little-known part of his work.
Edited by Dave Hickey, Chris Burnside, John Cheim, Howard read and Thomas Weski in collaboration with William Eggleston
Published by Steidl, 2012 (first edition)
22 cm x 26 cm, 209 pages
ISBN 978-3-86930-483-0
A few years ago, the people in charge of the William Eggleston Trust in Memphis found a box in their archives containing the very first photographs by the master of color, William Eggleston. Incredible images... in black and white! This book brings together these photos in their entirety, and shows the artistic beginnings of a pioneer of contemporary photography. In the late 1950s, Eggleston began photographing the suburbs of Memphis using 35mm black-and-white film. In this way, he developed a unique photographic style, which would later shape his work in color. An unprecedented vision of deepest America, his own, with its symbols: supermarkets, diners, gas stations and strangers crossed paths worthy of an American film. Fifty years later, all these images have been digitized from vintage prints developed by Eggleston in his own darkroom. He gave the go-ahead for this publication, and has worked hard to help people discover this little-known part of his work.
Edited by Dave Hickey, Chris Burnside, John Cheim, Howard read and Thomas Weski in collaboration with William Eggleston
Published by Steidl, 2012 (first edition)
22 cm x 26 cm, 209 pages
ISBN 978-3-86930-483-0
A few years ago, the people in charge of the William Eggleston Trust in Memphis found a box in their archives containing the very first photographs by the master of color, William Eggleston. Incredible images... in black and white! This book brings together these photos in their entirety, and shows the artistic beginnings of a pioneer of contemporary photography. In the late 1950s, Eggleston began photographing the suburbs of Memphis using 35mm black-and-white film. In this way, he developed a unique photographic style, which would later shape his work in color. An unprecedented vision of deepest America, his own, with its symbols: supermarkets, diners, gas stations and strangers crossed paths worthy of an American film. Fifty years later, all these images have been digitized from vintage prints developed by Eggleston in his own darkroom. He gave the go-ahead for this publication, and has worked hard to help people discover this little-known part of his work.
Edited by Dave Hickey, Chris Burnside, John Cheim, Howard read and Thomas Weski in collaboration with William Eggleston
Published by Steidl, 2012 (first edition)
22 cm x 26 cm, 209 pages
ISBN 978-3-86930-483-0
