WILLIAM EGGLESTON – LOS ALAMOS
2017-03-13Vivid colour photos of cars, traffic signs and interiors of restaurants: through the eye of William Eggleston’s camera the everyday America is turned into a photogenic subject. The colourful works from the series Los Alamos by the American pioneer grace the rooms of Foam from 17 March. Until the 1970s only black and white photography met the standards of the art world. That was, until Eggleston’s works offered a powerful argument to use colour photography in art, paving the way for future generations to follow. William Eggleston experimented with the practice of dye-transfer processing, a technique that accentuated his characteristic use of colour accents.
Opposite – En Route to New Orleans, 1971–1974
Exhibition runs from March 17th through to June 7th, 2017
Foam
Keizersgracht 609, 1017 DS
Amsterdam
