Eggleston's photography is unique and has its own style. The sheer number of his photos available in beautifully printed books is astounding. Steidl has published several large sets of Eggleston works (Chromes, Los Alamos Revisited, The Democratic Forest), which combine the beauty of his photos and high-quality printing which captures the vibrance and saturation of the dye transfer printing technique he uses.
Unfortunately, this book looks like it was printed on a home inkjet printer. The colors are muted, veiled, everything looks wrong. While many of the photos are interesting, it's not up to the standards of what was apparently Eggleston's most fertile period (the 70s and 80s), but it's mainly the printing of this book that disappoints. If this is your first exposure to Eggleston, you'll probably scratch your head; if you're a fan, you'll shake your head at the mediocre production of this book.
Oh, and there are a bunch of Eggleston's doodly drawings as well. They're not very interesting.
Three stars because it's Eggleston, but really, Steidl should be ashamed to have their name on this book.
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