![]() ![]() Untitled, c1970 (Devoe Money in Jackson, Mississippi). This act of naming detracts from the way that Eggleston places family, famous friends, local characters, lovers and businessmen on the same level, along with formal considerations such as light, colour and composition. While the idea of uncovering the unseen mirrors nicely Eggleston’s own tendency to turn his camera to the charm of everyday subjects, in this exhibition that effect feels negated by the emphasis on sitters’ identities. ![]() There is the additional observation that the exhibition will “reveal, for the first time, the identities of many sitters who have until now remained anonymous”. “Most comprehensive”, “unseen”, “never-before exhibited” – these grand claims pepper the National Portrait Gallery’s description of William Eggleston: Portraits, apparently the first ever museum exhibition to bring together the photographer’s portraiture. ![]() Untitled, c1975 (Marcia Hare in Memphis Tennessee). William Eggleston: Portraits The first exhibition devoted to the American photographer’s portraiture undersells the works’ beauty, allowing name to triumph over form ![]()
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