Paris
by William Eggleston
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Author: William EgglestonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-08-31
ISBN: 3865219152
Number of pages: 184
Publisher: Steidl
Book Reviews of Paris
Book Review: A Struggle
Summary: 3 Stars
Frankly, I'm struggling with the photographs in this book. I feel that previous works like "William Eggleston's Guide" and "2 1/4" are superior to this offering. I have yet to order or view "Los Alamos" or "Democratic Camera". The photographs in this book seem to me a degeneration of Eggleston. Indeed, a casual observer looking at anything Eggleston has ever produced will immediately dismiss his work as mere snapshots. Now imagine having to look through "Paris". The composition of the photographs seem random and in quite a few cases I have to ask myself "What am I looking at?". I know Eggleston enough to know that this wasn't going to be a bunch of touristy photos of the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe but even still, something should be communicated about the topic at hand. Photographing for color's sake is not enough anymore, there's plenty of that about. I think that a better book of Paris could be had by browsing Flickr, even avoiding the cliche images. Only a few of these images grab my eye and this book is supposedly the result of sifting through 1000s of images to give you the best. There is way better photography out there now but none of it will ever become noteworthy or nameworthy just because it doesn't have the Eggleston name attached to it. If it did, it would become instant 'art' and a 'masterpiece'.
I gave this book the stars it has mostly for Eggleston's drawings rather than the photography. Too bad a CD of his music couldn't be included.
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