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World Hotels - 5x7
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List Price: $65.00
Our Price: $109.00
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Manufacturer: Twin Palms Publishers
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9781931885485
ISBN: 1931885486
Label: Twin Palms Publishers
Manufacturer: Twin Palms Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 120
Publication Date: 2007-01-15
Publisher: Twin Palms Publishers
Studio: Twin Palms Publishers
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William Egglestons latest monograph features photographs taken during the early 1970s using a large format 5x7 camera. While the book includes imagery typical of the Eggleston oeuvre streetscapes, parked automobiles, portraits of the strange and disenfranchisedthe book also offers never-before-published photographs taken in the nightclubs Eggleston used to frequent.
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Summary: ugly is the new black
Comment: as a Eggleston fan I was thrilled to have this book. A rare collection of portraits by Eggleston is an odd escape fron his usual inanimate subject matter. These portraits really bring me back in time without feeling contrived. A snapshot essence to the photographs lends to the images simplicity. This is a great book for the portrait lover. I've never seen such a collection of ugly people look so good.
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Summary: An Eggleston By-way
Comment: This superbly printed and presented collection of photographs is of interest to Eggleston completists as a path not taken by the photographer, and as such is not really representative of his best work. That's not to say the photographs in this book aren't high quality; they are, and as a portraitist lugging his 5x7 camera around amongst a bunch of fairly "lit" denizens well after midnight, Mr Bill does a great job. For the general viewer unfamiliar with Eggleston's distinguished ouevre, this book is not the place to start, but can certainly be recommended as another Twin Palms Publishing triumph. I'm glad they and the photographer allowed these images to see the light of day. The book includes a small number of color images that contrast very nicely with the black and white portraits.
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Summary: Portraits, etc.
Comment: This book consists mainly of portraits by William Eggleston. The identities of the people are mostly not indicated and the locations are not identified although the text reports they were done in clubs in Memphis in 1973. Numerous photos are in black and white although Eggleston is noted as one of the ground-breakers in color photography. As a document, the photos are quite successful. We see a tiny slice of the 1970s style. The book is huge in format and the photos are lovingly reproduced. It is impressive on these accounts.
However, the book fails to satisfy when compared to either "2 1/4" or "Los Alamos". Whereas the previous volumns were evocative of both time and place, the current book's scope is too narrow. We are asked to look at pictures of total strangers but we are not given any visual clues as to why these subjects are important to our lives. The main thought I had when finished looking at the photos was one of puzzlement. Is he trying to distill an era, almost 35 years later, in these few photographs? If so, I can't see the purpose when I think of the portraiture of someone like Richard Avedon--a photographer whose work is pretty universally acknowledged as the ultimate in describing an era in "mug shots". Still, Eggleston remains Eggleston. He is one of my favorite artists and I can find only this one fault with this work. It's not the book to buy if you want an introduction to his photography. If you are an Eggleston fan, however, you will not want to let it pass you by and go out of print.
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Summary: William Eggleston 5x7
Comment: A great book of portraits that reads like a museum show- very beautifully done. Large, exquisite reproductions, zero text until the end with an essay and interview with Michael Almereyda.
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Summary: Being There
Comment: Contemporary art photography seems to be mired in such an identity crisis at present that it is both a relief and a joy to live in William Eggleston's world of lush barroom vinyl with characters so breathtakingly present. His 5 x 7 portraits are both spontaneous and profound....as if he has brushed against strangers and in a 60th of a second got a look inside. Also, he has made one of the best photographs of a stuffed fish that I have ever seen.
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