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William Eggleston's Guide Author: EGGLESTON, William (b. 1939) and John SZARKOWSKI (1925-2007) Title: William Eggleston's Guide Publication: New York: MIT Press for the Museum of Modern Art, 1976 Description: 4to. 110 pp. 48 color photographs and one black-and-white portrait of Eggleston. Original black bonded leather with gilt-stamped spine and cover onlay. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION (no date on the title-page; copyright page dated only 1976). Issued as the companion to Eggleston’s seminal 1976 exhibition at MoMA, a landmark in the history of photography. “I once heard William Eggleston say that the nominal subjects of his pictures were no more than a pretext for the making of color photographs–the Degas position. I did not believe him, although I can believe that it might be an advantage to think so, or to pretend to think so. To me it seems that the pictures reproduced here are about the photographer’s home, about his place, in both important meanings of that word. One might say about his identity” (John Szarkowski, pp. 5-6). “As pictures ... these seem to me perfect: irreducible surrogates for the experience they pretend to record, visual analogues for the quality of one life, collectively a paradigm of a private view, a view one would have thought ineffable, described here with clarity, fulness, and elegance” (ibid., p. 14). Auer 598; Open Book 308-309; Parr and Badger I:265; Roth 238-239. . Seller ID: 403899 Subject: Photography Riverrun Books & Manuscripts Ardsley, NY RIVERRUN is located 30 minutes from Midtown Manhattan along the eastern shores of the Hudson River in Ardsley, NY. We currently have over 20,000 volumes in our inventory. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ABAA and ILAB). We are professional booksellers with thirty-years experience specializing in rare, antiquarian, and unusual books & literary manuscripts of all periods, with an emphasis on art, artists books, early printing, fine press, literature, illustrated books, science & technology, and Americana. Terms All orders ship within one business day (except as noted). Standard shipping is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available through UPS and FedEx. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All books and manuscripts are guaranteed to be authentic and as described and they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.