
Memphis, Tennessee (Karen Chatham, left, with the artist’s cousin Lesa Aldridge)
William Eggleston's dye transfer print captures two women in Memphis with the saturated colors and deadpan documentary style characteristic of his groundbreaking color photography practice. Shot in the 1970s and printed in 2010, the work exemplifies Eggleston's approach to finding aesthetic richness in everyday Southern life and vernacular spaces. The image treats its human subjects and surroundings with equal compositional weight, a technique that challenged conventional photographic hierarchies and helped establish color photography as a serious artistic medium.
- Medium
- Dye transfer print, printed 2010.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Color Vision: Masterworks by William Eggleston from Guy Stricherz and Irene Malli
March 18, 2025
Lot 2
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