12.10.2010

LA LETTRE: William Eggleston: For Now

Untitled, Rosa Eggleston, Memphis, Tennessee, 1971
Photograph by William Eggleston

Untitled, Walter Hopps, early 1970's
Photograph by William Eggleston


Twin Palms Publishers newly released monograph, William Eggleston: For Now, is the result of film-maker Michael Almereyda’s year-long search through the Eggleston archives, a remarkable collection of heretofore unseen images spanning four decades of work. Unusual in its concentration on family and friends, the book highlights an air of offhand intimacy, typical of Eggleston and typically surprising. Eggleston remarked “the book comes close to being a family album.”...read more

3 comments:

Caio Fern said...

i really apreciated this article .
I liked so much to discover his colors ...

Bradford said...

the last thing i need is another photo book. but i must have this...

Rob Hann said...

A wonderful book. I took a good look through it in a store yesterday afternoon. I continue to be filled with wonder at Eggleston's uniquely American art.