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Text engl. - Other editions: First edition 1976. - William Eggleston's Guide was the first one-man show of color photographs ever presented at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Museum s first publication of color photography. The reception was divided and passionate. The book and show unabashedly forced the art world to deal with color photography, a medium scarcely taken seriously at the time, and with the vernacular content of a body of photographs that could have been but definitely weren t some average American s Instamatic pictures from the family album. These photographs heralded a new mastery of the use of color as an integral element of photographic composition. Bound in a textured cover inset with a photograph of a tricycle and stamped with yearbook-style gold lettering, the Guide contained 48 images edited down from 375 shot between 1969 and 1971 and displayed a deceptively casual, actually super-refined look at the surrounding world. Here are people, landscapes, and odd little moments in and around Eggleston s hometown of Memphis--an anonymous woman in a loudly patterned dress and cat s eye glasses sitting, left leg slightly raised, on an equally loud outdoor sofa; a coal-fired barbecue shooting up flames, framed by a shiny silver tricycle, the curves of a gleaming black car fender, and someone s torso; a tiny, gray-haired lady in a faded, flowered housecoat, standing expectant, and dwarfed in the huge dark doorway of a mint-green room whose only visible furniture is a shaded lamp on an end table. For this edition of William Eggleston s Guide, The Museum of Modern Art has made new color separations from the original 35 mm slides, producing a facsimile edition in which the color will be freshly responsive tothe photographer s intentions.

Includes a biography, bibliography and list of images.

Text engl. - Published on the occasion of the 1976 exhibition William Eggleston, curated by John Szarkowski, at MOMA, New York. One of the most outstanding, brilliantly edited and influential books in the history of photography. The very best book of Eggleston's groundbreaking color work from the 1960s and 1970s. The first edition is scarce. Accompanied by a brief biography, on the last page. (Borelli, 2005).

[Text at Schaden.com:] Ein Hunde- und Pferdebuch von Altmeister Bill? "I think it was Garry Winogrand who said to me once that "You can take a good picture of anything." Was er denn auch in H & D getan hat. Restlos vergriffen.

Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 08.2003. - Check entry.

Text dan., engl. - Photographs by William Eggleston (from 1965 to 1990). Includes an exhibition history, bibliography and an exhibition checklist.

Other ed.: Original fr. ed., publ. Paris/ Arles: Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain/ Actes Sud 201. Designed by Larry Kazal. Includes a list of plates, an exhibition history, list of portfolios, bibliography and a brief interview with William Eggleston. Includes 10 new images made in Kyoto, Japan in 2001, on the occasion of a commission from the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. Published on the occasion of the 2001 exhibition William Eggleston, curated by Hervé Chandès, at the Fondation Cartier. One of the very best monographs published of Eggleston's work. (Antiq. Borrelli, 2005). - From the publisher: "Born in 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee, where he still lives, William Eggleston is widely considered one of America's most important photographers. His 1976 one-man exhibition, Photographs by William Eggleston, at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, marked a turning point in the history of photography: this was when colour photography gained recognition as a medium of artistic expression. His intense, dramatic use of colour and 'democratic' approach to mundane subject matter continue to have an enormous impact on contemporary photographic practice. Published to accompany the exhibition at the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, this volume brings together Eggleston's most significant works, from his first experiments in black and white to a series of photographs of Kyoto produced specifically for this exhibit. Drawing on public and private collections in Europe and the United States, this book contains vintage prints executed in the technique most characteristic of his work, the dye transfer process, as well as many lesser-known and previously unseen photographs. From Mississippi to Berlin, Kenya to Asia, Eggleston has tirelessly explored the wider world, transforming, through his camera, the ordinary into the extraordinary."

Text engl. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 05.1997.

Text engl. - „Anfang der 1970er Jahre begann William Eggleston bevorzugt und vor allem in der Porträtfotografie mit einer 5 x 7 inch Großformatkamera zu arbeiten. Einige dieser Portrtaits sind 1973 in einem Nachtklub entstanden, bei wenig Licht also, so dass Eggleston es gegen seine Gewohnheit vorzog, überwiegend in Schwarzweiß zu arbeiten. Die Aufnahmen sind präzise und detailreich wie es sich für Großformatfotografien gehört und sind im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes ungeschminkt.“ (Buchh. Lindemann Stuttgart 03.2007). - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 03.3007.

Other editions: New York: Doubleday 1981.

[Text at Schaden.com:] Die Entdeckung 2001 lautet Huger Foote. Der Mann aus Memphis mit dem witzigen Namen ist der rechtmäßige Nachfolger von William Eggleston. Seine sublimen Pigment-Transfers sind eine Offenbarung in Sachen Farbe, Plagiat allerdings ausgeschlossen. Der Altmeister bemerkte treffend im Vorwort: "All of his pictures are new... What a nice dream.

Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 04.2004. - [Text at Schaden.com:] Pariser Foundation Cartier Katalog anläßlich der großen Retrospektive des amerikanischen Altmeisters seit 1976. "Der fotografierte Traum" schrieb Georg Diez in der Frankfurter Sonntagszeitung. Ein Muß, nicht nur für New Color-Spezies.

Photographs by William Eggleston (commissioned by Graceland). Published exclusively for Graceland Division of Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. Including over 40 color photographs by Eggleston, most of which have not been published elsewhere. This out-of-print publication, intended as a commercial guidebook, was recalled by Graceland upon publication. Perhaps only a few hundred copies were sold to the public before it was removed from the Graceland shop shelves. Very scarce. The most difficult-to-find publication including work by Eggleston. (Antiq. Borrelli, Albuquerque, NM, 04.2005),

Other edition: with mounted color plate, signed and numbered (ed. 150 copies). - "Born and raised in Mississippi and Tennessee, William Eggleston began taking pictures during the 1960's after seeing Henri Cartier-Bresson's The Decisive Moment. In 1966 he changed from b/w to color film, perhaps to make the medium more his own and less that of his esteemed predecessors. John Szarkowski, when he was curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art, called Eggleston the 'first color photographer,' and certainly the world in which we consider a color photograph as art has changed because of Eggleston's work. From 1966 to 1971, Eggleston would occasionally use a two and one quarter inch format [6x6cm] for photographs. These are published here for the first time, adding more classic Eggleston images to photography's color canon." (Publisher’s text).

Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, London. - Photographs by William Eggleston and introduction by Mark Holborn. Brightly illustrated with reproductions of Eggleston's color photographs. Includes a chronology and bibliography. One of Eggleston's finest monographs, next to 'William Eggleston's Guide' and the recently published book 'Los Alamos.' Out-of-print. Scarce. (Antiq. Borelli 04.2005).

Illustrated with color reproductions of Eggleston's photographs. - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 06.2006.

Text fr./flam. - „Eine der jüngsten Fotoserien William Egglestons ist in Dunkerque am Atlantik, entstanden. Die Stadt wird geprägt vom Meer, von der Schwerindustrie, vom Frachthafen, ein bißchen vom Sandstrand und zunehmend vom Verfall. Egglestons Farbfotografien zeigen dies in einprägsamen Ausschnitten, die zusammen genommen ein Fresko der Stadt ergeben und tatsächlich vor allem den Geist Dunkerques und weniger die Form vermitteln. Mit diesem Band knüpft Eggleston an seine frühen Arbeiten an, mit denen er die Farbphotographie zur Kunst erhoben hat. Die aktuellen Arbeiten wirken dabei abstrakter als die frühen Fotografien aus dem Süden der USA.“ (Buchh. Lindemann Stuttgart 07.2006). - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 07.2006.

Text dt., engl. - „Es war eine kleine Sensation als im Jahr 2003 erstmals diese frühe Farbphotoserie Egglestons zu sehen war. Zusammen mit Dennis Hopper reiste Eggleston Ende der 1960er Jahre quer durch den Süden der USA. Dabei entstanden überwältigende Farbfotografien, die dem heutigen Betrachter die Stimmung der Sechziger und des Südens der USA eindrucksvoll und auf geradezu geniale Weise vermitteln. Dennoch wirken die Photographien absolut modern, so als seien sie nicht vor 40 Jahren, sondern gestern erst entstanden. Einzig die Bildinhalte verweisen auf das vergangene Jahrhundert.“ (Buchh. Lindemann Stuttgart 07.2006). - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 07.2006.

Text engl. - Illustrated with full-page reproductions of Eggleston's early color photographs.