Behind Main Street, Montezuma

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Behind Main Street, Montezuma

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William Eggleston

American Photographer · 1939–present

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William Eggleston assumes a neutral gaze and creates his art from commonplace subjects: a farmer's muddy Ford truck, a red ceiling in a friend's house, the contents of his own refrigerator. In his work, Eggleston photographs "democratically"--literally photographing the world around him. His large-format prints monumentalize everyday subjects, everything is equally important; every detail deserves

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Date
negative October 1976; print 1977
Medium
Chromogenic print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Object ID
5dc1f438-40b2-4a3c-ac39-d6a62af6e6a9

A number of cars are in a parking area on the side of a railroad track. A building with a green-painted brick base is visible on the center left area of the image.

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