William Eggleston: The Last Dyes

This important publication catalogs William Eggleston's last major set of photographs 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 in it is incredibly good.” —The Guardian

Eggleston's vibrant photographs transform the ordinary into distinctive, poetic images that avoid fixed meaning. One of the leading practitioners in the history of the medium, Eggleston is widely considered the father of color photography. He pioneered the use of dye transfer printing for artistic 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 he had been seeking. In the early 1990s, Kodak stopped producing the dyes, paper, and film used in the process. With the necessary materials now discontinued, and most of what remained used for this exhibition, The Last Dyes marks the final presentation of new works completed in this medium.

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