WILLIAM EGGLESTON

Over the course of nearly six decades, William Egglestonoften referred to as the father of color photographyhas established a si ngular pictorial style that deftly combines vernacular subject matter with an innate and sophisticated understanding of color, form, and composition. I am at war with the obvious, Eggleston has said. His photographs transform the ordinary into distinctive, poeti c images that eschew fixed meaning. Featuring selections from the ten-volume The Democratic Forest (Steidl, 2015), this new book hig hlights 68 exc...[Read more]