Red Ceiling or Greenwood, Mississippi, 1973 by William Eggleston

The most comprehensive retrospective to date of William Eggleston’s work will be on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, entitled Democratic Camera: Photographs and Video, 1961-2008. Although beginning his photographic career in black and white, Eggleston quickly turned to color—predominantly thought at the time to be for amateurs—and proved that it indeed deserved a place in art institutions. Democratic Camera only furthers the fact that Eggleston is the master of color photography and has secured an important place in art history for his quintessential American scenes. His inventive use of color turns the mundane into an unforgettable image, and blazed the path for future photographers, curators, critics, and authors alike. A portfolio of Eggleston’s little-known and intensely vibrant drawings was featured on the cover and in Aperture magazine, Issue 196.

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William Eggleston: Democratic Camera
Photographs and Video, 1961-2008
On view: Sunday, October 31, 2010 – Sunday, January 16, 2011

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323) 857-6000

Aperture with The New School, the Photography Department at Parsons and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics presents a panel discussion as part of the Confounding Expectations: Photography in Context series. Kicking off this fall season’s series is Words Without Pictures, which explores pressing issues in contemporary photography and celebrates the launch of the LACMA book project by the same name. Charlotte Cotton, curator and Head of the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA, will moderate a discussion with panelists Alex Klein, artist and Curatorial Fellow in the Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, LACMA; Matt Keegan, artist and editor of North Drive Press; David Reinfurt, graphic designer and co-founder of Dexter Sinister; and Denise Wolff, Aperture Editor. Other special guests include special guests Fia Backström, Johanna Burton, Melissa Catanese, Sarah Charlesworth, Moyra Davey, Darius Himes, John Lehr, Miranda Lichtenstein, Arthur Ou, Ed Panar and Laurel Ptak. Copies of the book will be available at a special price.

Words Without Pictures
Panel Discussion
Thursday, September 17, 2009  7:00 pm

FREE

The New School
Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street
New York, New York

Monday June 29, New York Times writer and former picture editor Philip Gefter will introduce his new publication, Photography After Frank at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This title presents the tale of contemporary photography starting with a pivotal moment as Robert Frank’s seminal work in the fifties; Gefter then connects the dots of photography’s transformation into what it is today. The book signing will immediately follow the lecture in the adjacent Director’s Roundtable Garden.

Photography After Frank, Essays by Philip Gefter
Lecture and Book Signing

Monday, June 29, 2009  7:00 pm

FREE

Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Brown Auditorium
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
(323) 857-6000