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Photographer William Eggleston got famous in 1976 when his photographs—derided by art snobs for their bold departure from black and white—were exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art. According to the Times, the controversial show, with its emphasis on the lifestyles of everyday Southern folk, was received with such dismissive comments as "Perfectly banal, perfectly boring." Now, of course, his work is considered iconic, and the photos' abiding popularity is due in no small part to Eggleston's costly use of the dye transfer printing method, which yields stunning colors.
The Whitney has just opened Eggleston's first New York museum solo show since his MoMA debut. Called "William Eggleston: Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008," the expansive retrospective covers the beginnings of his career some fifty years ago to the present day, and includes more than 150 photographs, some never-before-exhibited, as well as the rarely screened video diary of Eggleston's "legendary nocturnal wanderings," Stranded in Canton.
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Jeaz... last time i whip it out in front of a white woman....
I really enjoyed the Eggleston show, especially his video of guys biting the heads off chickens. Hipster haters won't like the show though. Eggleston was a trustafarian, though one that stayed in Memphis. He took advantage of his family wealth and lack of need to have a job to make art.
^ Family wealth is the difference between a successfull artist and that guy that stares off into space at work.
This work takes about a 100th of a second to
comprehend,wow!then boredom.
More crap in the photoart world.
I never knew he had family money.
In the 1950's I worked shooting famous painting's
making the color seperations through red ,blue and
green filters onto 8x10 inch glass plates using dozens of 500 watt lamps to light each painting.
Now when we got to the blue filter
after opening the shutter we would just
leave the artwork being photographed for a few
hours go to the "African room bar" on 3rd
avenue and a few drinks.I signed my name once
on the rear of a Modiglianl painting belonging
to a board member of the Museum of Modern Art in
pencil ,it was a flirtation from my adolescence.
Notation:
We were the photographers for Life magazine that
were first to photograph Salvadore Dali's commissioned painting "Christopher Columbus" for
the Hunting Hartford museum on Colubus Circle
that took us all day ,one painting color seperated
onto glass plates ,12 hours.Dat waz COLOUR,baby colour!
From the diaries of an old photographer( before
digital review/correction was the norm).
by Westside Michael
#4 what a beautiful poem. u should rite a boook
the difference between eggleston and trustafarians is that he actually made an effort to contibute something to the art world. i don't hold his family history against him; he could do worse with his money.