Near Americus, Georgia
William Eggleston
American, born 1939
1976
A chromogenic color photograph of a small, weathered wooden shack half-hidden by overgrown bushes, made to prize a quiet, overlooked corner of the rural South.
What strikes you first is the warm, sunlit palette—the rusty metal roof, faded red siding and gold weeds—set against a pale sky that flattens the scene and makes the simple building feel intimate and solitary.
Eggleston helped legitimize color photography in the art world by treating ordinary, vernacular subjects with painterly attention to color, light, and composition, reshaping how everyday American life could be seen and photographed.
Medium
Chromogenic print
Dimensions
13 5/8 × 10 1/4" (34.6 × 26.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Partial gift of Shirley C. Burden, by exchange
Accession
217.1986.98
Palette
Exhibitions
