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“The out-of-print monograph '5x7' by William EGGLESTON features photographs taken during the early 1970s using a large-format 5 x 7 camera.
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The volume '5x7' by William EGGLESTON includes imagery typical of his oeuvre - streetscapes, parked automobiles, portraits of the strange and disenfranchised. It also offers never-before-published photographs taken in the nightclubs the US photographer frequented. The portraits are offhand and spontaneous but insistently stark; their brutality is heightened by the absence of color. They have a leveling effect―whether biker or debutante, the people are clearly denizens of the same realm." (© Walter Hopps)