William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed

Marking the 50th anniversary of William Eggleston’s landmark exhibition and book William Eggleston’s Guide (1976), this major presentation showcases iconic and rarely seen dye-transfer prints by the American pioneer of color photography.

Alongside his celebrated color photographs and rarely seen vintage dye-transfer prints, the exhibition includes his lesser-known black-and-white Brownie images from the early 1960s and 1970s. These early black-and-white images show the emergence of his legendary way of seeing and attentiveness to ordinary life, before color became central to his photography.

The roadside diners, suburban streets, and domestic spaces of Eggleston’s photographs reveal a sense of isolation characteristic of his subjects. These classic photographs expose the underlying cracks of the American dream—alienation, loneliness, desire—simultaneously seductive and lurid, tense and revealing. His photographs offer a slower, more attentive way of looking—a way of making the ordinary extraordinary.

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