William Eggleston : Spirit of Dunkerque /
William Eggelston has a unique ability to find beauty and striking displays of color in ordinary scenes. His idea of the democratic camera posits that by looking patiently at what others ignore, or turn away from, interesting things can be seen. Like his previous works on Plains. Georgia and Los Ala...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English French |
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Corte Madera, CA :
Gingko Press,
2008, ©2007
Corte Madera, CA : 2008 |
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| Summary: | William Eggelston has a unique ability to find beauty and striking displays of color in ordinary scenes. His idea of the democratic camera posits that by looking patiently at what others ignore, or turn away from, interesting things can be seen. Like his previous works on Plains. Georgia and Los Alamos, New Mexico, Spirit of Dunkerque contains quiet, haunting photos of the industrial port city of Dunkerque, France, each masterfully composed and bursting with unexpected color. Pictures of the ports cargo tanks and ships are blended with intermittent reminders of the natural world surrounding the industrial center, each simultaneously static and dynamic. Egglestons was the first solo exhibition of color photography at the Museum of Modern Art. He is known for his association with the Warhol crowd in the seventies and for his starkly beautiful camera work |
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| Item Description: | Co-published with Biro (Paris) and Bernd Detsch (Cologne) Earlier version (127) p. with texts by Vincent Gérard and Jean-Pierre Rehm, published in French and Dutch in 2006 by Biro in its series Collection "Musées", to accompany an exhibition at the Lieu d'art et action contemporaine de Dunkerque Earlier version (127) p. with texts by Vincent Gérard and Jean-Pierre Rehm, published in French and Dutch in 2006 by Biro in its series Collection "Musées", to accompany an exhibition curated by Vincent Gérard at the Lieu d'art et action contemporaine de Dunkerque Running title and plate numbering on p. facing plates |
| Physical Description: | 50 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (verso of plate 50) |
| ISBN: | 1584232862 (Gingko) 1584232862 2351190394 (Biro) 2351190394 3940602000 (Detsch) 3940602000 9781584232865 (Gingko) 9781584232865 9782351190395 (Biro) 9782351190395 9783940602008 (Detsch) 9783940602008 |