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Algiers, Louisiana
Creator
William EgglestonAmerican Photographer · 1939–present
All works by this person →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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- 1972
- Medium
- Dye imbibition print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
The vivid orange-brown color of this dog lapping at the muddy pool of rainwater resulted from the traditionally commercial dye transfer process that William Eggleston used. Given the non-chemical, handmade nature of the process, irregularities and unnatural colors occurred, usually to the photographer's pleasure. Eggleston used this image in his publication, *William Eggleston's Guide.*
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