Behind Main St., Montezuma

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Behind Main St., 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
Getty Museum
Object ID
6901aa81-df6b-4329-8326-1417d3934fbb

View of a steel arch building on the side of a railroad track. A train car can be seen on the center left area of the image. The area around the building is overgrown with weeds and wildflowers.

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