"Bill Eggleston has a show at the Whitney?” asks a woman at the bar of the Lamplighter Lounge in Memphis. She practically spits out her Budweiser. “I hate his shit!” Sam Cooke is on the jukebox, which plays real 45s; place mats are spread along the wood veneer, and the complimentary matchbooks are from D&D Bail Bonds in Wichita Falls, Texas. The bartender, Shirley, slices potatoes in the kitchen. A young couple are making out at a back table.
i love these. he uses the rich dye transfer medium in printing his photographs, which i adore:
the article precedes a major eggleston retrospective at the whitney beginning at the end of the week. here's the info:
Whitney Museum
of American Art
945 Madison Avenue
at 75th Street
New York, NY 10021
800-944-8639
William Eggleston: Democratic Camera
— Photographs
and Video
November 7, 2008-
January 25, 2009
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