William Eggleston Documentary

As part of a bi-monthly photography related film screening, and in the event of William Eggleston's first retrospective in the United States at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Project Basho will be showing Michael Almereyda’s award-winning documentary on the artist, "In the Real World".

Michael Almereyda’s award-winning documentary William Eggleston In the Real World reveals the deep connection between photographer William Eggleston’s enigmatic personality and his groundbreaking work, and also reveals his parallel commitments as a musician, draftsman and videographer. Almereyda tracks the photographer on trips to Kentucky, Los Angeles and New York, but gives particular attention to downtime in Memphis, Eggleston’s home base. Eggleston has been called “the beginning of modern color photography” (John Szarkowski, MoMA) and “one of the most significant figures in contemporary photography” (Charles Hagen, NY Times).


* December 3rd, 8-10 p.m.
* Project Basho Gallery
* 1305 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19122
* Admission: Free

This is an excellent film of one of the worlds most innovative photographers.

I saw the film here in the UK a while back and its now available on DVD. All fans of Eggleston should get this DVD. It is loaded with extras, such as some wonderful conversations with William Christenburry, Walter Hopps and Stephen Shore.