5x7.5x7 William Eggleston William Eggleston (born July 27 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with securing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium to display in art galleries. Twin Palms Publishers PO Box 10229, Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. , NM 87504 1931885486, $65.00 www.twinpalms.com 1-800-797-0680 William Eggleston is a photographer who has turned his medium into art, and his large format 5x7 camera into an artists tool. "5x7" is a compilation Compiling a program. See compiler. of photographs (fifty-seven plates) taken by Eggleston during the early 1970s and includes images of streetscapes, parked automobiles, portraits of the strange and disenfranchised. Of particular note are the photographs taken in the nightclubs of that time that Eggleston was want to frequent. Enhanced with an informed and informative essay by Michael Alereyda, "5x7" is a superbly organized and presented monograph mon·o·graph n. A scholarly piece of writing of essay or book length on a specific, often limited subject. tr.v. mon·o·graphed, mon·o·graph·ing, mon·o·graphs To write a monograph on. that is a welcome and enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic library 20th Century American Photography reference collections. |
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