Mystery of the Ordinary — William Eggleston, 2023, Steidl / C/O Berlin

A quiet revolution in colour. Long before colour photography gained institutional legitimacy, William Eggleston turned his lens toward freezers, diner counters and suburban streets—revealing the uncanny embedded in the everyday. What appeared banal became charged through saturated dye-transfer tones and radical cropping. This volume traces his evolution from late-1950s black-and-white experiments to the iconic colour works that reshaped photographic language. A concise survey of an artist who made the ordinary vibrate with tension and presence.

Technical Sheet
Title: Mystery of the Ordinary
Artist / Author: William Eggleston
Publisher: Steidl / C/O Berlin
Date: 2023
Binding: Hardback, clothbound
Pages: 208
Dimensions (cm): 24 × 30
Language: English
ISBN: 978-3-96999-220-3