August 28, 2009 @ 7:54 pm
Bound in a beautiful orange hardcover is this book from Twin Palms Publishers called 2 1/4
I found early inspiration for my own photos from Eggleston’s photographs so it’s very nice to see some of those images in large print in this book. I really do think Eggleston’s pioneered that mundane and mysterious sort of imagery that we often see these days and this book certainly pays good tribute to his photographic style.
Grab the book now at Amazon.com
June 14, 2009 @ 9:24 pm
William Eggleston is one of my favorite photographers. And though many would call his images rather ordinary, I think the reason why I love his work so much is because he has such a perfect way of seeing the world around him. His eye is definitely something I long to imitate and he’s certainly one of the photographers I would consider as a source for my own photographic work.
With that said, I had the chance to pick up 2 1/4 today, a book published by Twin Palms Publishers that profiles many of Eggleston’s earliest color photographs (the name of the book is a tribute to the size format in which Eggleston began shooting). The book is much bigger than I had imagined and the photographs are just fantastic to browse through. The book is like a huge mass of ordinary places and objects that somehow seem extraordinary through the lens of William Eggleston’s camera.
You can pick up William Eggleston’s 2 1/4 at Amazon.com for $40
