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Selections from the Wilson Centre for Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

William Eggleston (American, born 1939) shifted 20th-century photographic aesthetics with his landmark color images of everyday life in the American South. This exhibition of 65 prints from the Wilson Centre for Photography\u2019s collection features 42 rarely seen dye-transfer prints as well as 23 early black-and-white photographs created before Eggleston\u2019s move to color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born and raised in Tennessee and influenced by the photographs of Walker Evans and Robert Frank, Eggleston made mundane objects and occurrences his primary subjects, applying a neutral viewpoint to his Cold War-era world. After working in black and white during the early 1960s, he embraced the saturated colors of the dye-transfer print process. At a time when color photography was considered cheap and was largely limited to advertising, Eggleston imbued everyday subject matter with vibrant and even shocking hues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1976, New York\u2019s Museum of Modern Art mounted a controversial solo show of Eggleston\u2019s color prints. Although critics deemed it the most hated exhibition of the year, it strongly influenced a subsequent generation of fine art photographers and filmmakers. His effect on photography remains notable today, as does his subject matter. From a bare light bulb hanging from a richly painted ceiling to the contents of his freezer, Eggleston selects the commonplace and transforms it into the extraordinary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organized by the Portland Art Museum and curated by Julia Dolan, Ph.D., The Minor White Curator of Photography.<\/em><\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"william-eggleston","image":{"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William-Eggleston-New-Dyes-Boy.jpeg","id":8964,"extension":"jpeg","width":1023,"height":672,"filesize":171842,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":700,"height":460,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":62964,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William-Eggleston-New-Dyes-Boy-700x460.jpeg"},"thumbnail":{"width":270,"height":270,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":17392,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William-Eggleston-New-Dyes-Boy-270x270.jpeg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":504,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":73176,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William-Eggleston-New-Dyes-Boy-768x504.jpeg"},"small":{"width":375,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":37606,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William-Eggleston-New-Dyes-Boy-375x500.jpeg"},"medium-large":{"width":900,"height":591,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":96139,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William-Eggleston-New-Dyes-Boy-900x591.jpeg"},"card":{"width":904,"height":565,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":93838,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William-Eggleston-New-Dyes-Boy-904x565.jpeg"},"post":{"width":975,"height":500,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":95902,"url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/William-Eggleston-New-Dyes-Boy-975x500.jpeg"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2016-03-26 08:00:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"03","day":"26","hour":"08","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2016-08-21 17:00:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"08","day":"21","hour":"17","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2016-03-26 15:00:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"03","day":"26","hour":"15","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2016-08-22 00:00:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2016","month":"08","day":"22","hour":"00","minutes":"00","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"America\/Vancouver","timezone_abbr":"","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Exhibitions","slug":"exhibitions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"","parent":0,"count":201,"filter":"raw","id":17,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/17","collection":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":290,"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2023-03-28 10:28:29","date_utc":"2023-03-28 17:28:29","modified":"2024-03-07 10:38:06","modified_utc":"2024-03-07 18:38:06","url":"https:\/\/portlandartmuseum.org\/venue\/portland-art-museum\/","venue":"Portland Art Museum","description":"

The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n