Apr 8, 2009 0
Democratic Camera a retrospective.
William Eggleston : Democratic Camera
Photographs and Video
1961 – 2008
I missed this retrospective. I miss lots of exhibitions actually. I think that is partly about being focused on making time to make my art. Not an excuse. Just a thought. I was pointed to an online post by @barbaralevine.
It contained this first video from the son’s point of view. A moving recollection of how making art is such an everyday experience and how his exposure to the making of art, the experience of a lifelong ritual of making pictures, created a dialogue that fills the pictures with approachable words. The second video is a conversation with the artist.
Thank you to Barabara for her tweet and thank you to the Whitney for such a thoughtful presentation on the web. Visit the mini site, although these are very thoughtful conversations there is something about looking at the pictures still and silent.
“He didn’t mean for any of his pictures to make any kind of statement. They just are what they are and how he’d like them to look I guess.”
— Winston Eggleston
“I had this notion of what I called a democratic way of looking around: that nothing was more important or less important.”
— William Eggleston
The retrospect mini website:
http://whitney.org/www/eggleston/
Blog site from the tweet:
http://www.aphotoeditor.com
Tags: democraticcamera, retrospective, William Eggleston, photographs, Whiteny Museum
