This momentous publication catalogues the last major group of William Eggleston’s photographs
to ever be produced using the dye transfer method the format in which he originally presented
them. "Like finding a Beatles album that no one knew existed. Everything about it is
mind-bogglingly good." — The Guardian Eggleston’s vivid photographs transform the ordinary
into distinctive poetic images that eschew fixed meaning. One of the foremost practitioners in
the medium’s history Eggleston is widely considered the father of color photography. He
pioneered the use of dye-transfer printing for art photography in the 1970s. The technically
advanced process—first developed by Kodak in the 1940s—allowed him to achieve the richness of
tonal depth and color saturation that he had been searching for. In the early 1990s Kodak
stopped producing the dyes paper and film used in the process. With the necessary materials
now discontinued and the bulk of what remained being used for this exhibition The Last Dyes
marks the final presentation of new works completed in this medium. With a foreword by
William Eggleston III and Winston Eggleston and an essay by Jeffrey Kastner this publication
will offer critical insights into Eggleston’s enduring influence at this turning point in the
history of photography.
