Select Photographs and Prints from the Collection - 2024-2025

Chambers Building - On Site Exhibition

  • William Eggleston (American, b. 1939) x

A photographer born in Memphis, Tennessee. He is known for his work with color transparency film, and is credited with expanding this form of photography to artistic legitimacy. He has been influenced by Swiss photographer, Robert Frank and French photographer, Henri Cartier-Bresson. Eggleston was a professor at Harvard, and during this period discovered dye-transfer printing. His works are characterized by ordinary, every-day subject matter, and have featured images of objects such as Dr. Pepper machines, broken air conditioning units, torn posters, road signs and light bulbs. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions at MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, amongst others.

Black Cadillac, Batiste House, Pictures from Eve's Bayou by William Eggleston
  • William Eggleston
  • Black Cadillac, Batiste House, Pictures from Ev..., 1998
20 x 16 in
(50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Dye transfer print
Blue Cars, King's Bar, Pictures from Eve's Bayou by William Eggleston
  • William Eggleston
  • Blue Cars, King's Bar, Pictures from Eve's Bayou, 1998
20 x 16 in
(50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Dye transfer print
Debbie's Hand, Batiste House, Pictures from Eve's Bayou by William Eggleston
  • William Eggleston
  • Debbie's Hand, Batiste House, Pictures from Eve..., 1998
20 x 16 in
(50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Dye transfer print
Lisa Nicole Carson, Batiste House, Pictures from Eve's Bayou by William Eggleston
  • William Eggleston
  • Lisa Nicole Carson, Batiste House, Pictures fro..., 1998
20 x 16 in
(50.8 x 40.64 cm)
Dye transfer print