5x7 [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

William Eggleston (Photographer) (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2007

William Egglestons latest monograph features photographs taken during the early 1970s using a large format 5x7 camera. While the book includes imagery typical of the Eggleston oeuvre streetscapes, parked automobiles, portraits of the strange and disenfranchisedthe book also offers never-before-published photographs taken in the nightclubs Eggleston used to frequent.

Editorial Reviews

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Most compelling is the way in which each person is at once magnifiedlaid bare and vulnerable --Johanna Burton, Artforum, 2005

The people Eggleston photographed are clearly denizens of the same realm. . . . Each of these individuals is subtly different. --Walter Hopps

Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Twin Palms Publishers; 1st edition (January 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931885486
• ISBN-13: 978-1931885485
• Product Dimensions: 14.1 x 10.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,082,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Eggleston By-way, September 14, 2007

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Geoffrey P. Smith "opusposthum" (ATLANTA, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 5x7 (Hardcover)

This superbly printed and presented collection of photographs is of interest to Eggleston completists as a path not taken by the photographer, and as such is not really representative of his best work. That's not to say the photographs in this book aren't high quality; they are, and as a portraitist lugging his 5x7 camera around amongst a bunch of fairly "lit" denizens well after midnight, Mr Bill does a great job. For the general viewer unfamiliar with Eggleston's distinguished ouevre, this book is not the place to start, but can certainly be recommended as another Twin Palms Publishing triumph. I'm glad they and the photographer allowed these images to see the light of day. The book includes a small number of color images that contrast very nicely with the black and white portraits.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Portraits, etc., August 26, 2007

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This review is from: 5x7 (Hardcover)

This book consists mainly of portraits by William Eggleston. The identities of the people are mostly not indicated and the locations are not identified although the text reports they were done in clubs in Memphis in 1973. Numerous photos are in black and white although Eggleston is noted as one of the ground-breakers in color photography. As a document, the photos are quite successful. We see a tiny slice of the 1970s style. The book is huge in format and the photos are lovingly reproduced. It is impressive on these accounts.

However, the book fails to satisfy when compared to either "2 1/4" or "Los Alamos". Whereas the previous volumns were evocative of both time and place, the current book's scope is too narrow. We are asked to look at pictures of total strangers but we are not given any visual clues as to why these subjects are important to our lives. The main thought I had when finished looking at the photos was one of puzzlement. Is he trying to distill an era, almost 35 years later, in these few photographs? If so, I can't see the purpose when I think of the portraiture of someone like Richard Avedon--a photographer whose work is pretty universally acknowledged as the ultimate in describing an era in "mug shots". Still, Eggleston remains Eggleston. He is one of my favorite artists and I can find only this one fault with this work. It's not the book to buy if you want an introduction to his photography. If you are an Eggleston fan, however, you will not want to let it pass you by and go out of print.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Being There, March 12, 2007

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Peggy Levison Nolan (Hollywood, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 5x7 (Hardcover)

Contemporary art photography seems to be mired in such an identity crisis at present that it is both a relief and a joy to live in William Eggleston's world of lush barroom vinyl with characters so breathtakingly present. His 5 x 7 portraits are both spontaneous and profound....as if he has brushed against strangers and in a 60th of a second got a look inside. Also, he has made one of the best photographs of a stuffed fish that I have ever seen.