William Eggleston: The Democratic Forest: Selected Works Hardcover – November 22, 2016

wonderful, mundane photographs in beautiful color. gets you thinking about how wonderful the ordinary is. art is a way of seeing and living.

Good selection as subset of the large Democratic Forest 5 book box. As often, the printing by Steidl is top, the colors are captured perfectly

This book conveys what's significant about Eggleston's work, his use of color. If you only buy one of his books, this one would be a good choice.

Personally, I found this book to be well done, not only from the printing but to the color and compositions. As someone who uses an 8x10 camera, it is interesting to see how a good eye and spontaneity meet. I found myself looking over every image and thinking Eggleston nailed it.

Eggleston is of course an American original. This collection is indispensable. It complements two others, the Guide and Portraits.

Amazing, of course. If you're a fan of Eggleston, there is no doubt that you should have this book. It is wonderfully made, a delight to hold. The photographs are printed in the finest manner. It's a nice, large size, a little bigger than the original democratic forest. The only negative, I'd say, is the commissioned essay. It tries too hard to sound insightful and intelligent. In the original published in 1989, the introduction by Eudora Welty and the short interview at the end with Eggleston accomplish much more and give much more insight. I feel like this essay simply tries too hard. But that aside, the book is definitely worth owning. Just skip the essay in front. There are a few photos carried over from the 1989 version, and the photos used in the October 2016 New York Times T magazine were from this collection, sans the photos of Eggleston himself, were from this collection. But most are "new" and are exquisite.

Astounding capture of a lost era.

Amazing pictures, great print quality

Livre magnifique et images magnifiques d’un maître de la première heure de la couleur.Livre d’une belle qualité, livré impeccablement.

Todavía estoy procesando las sensaciones que me produce WE.Es fascinante, es difícil de analizar porque rompe todas las reglas, las retuerce y las devuelve en una imagen que en principio debía ser anodina y termina teniendo una magia indescriptible.¿Y ahora que consejo doy?Para los que ven mas allá de la técnica, dejarse llevar y entrar en el mundo que propone.

Una scelta magistrale dei lavori di Eggleston. Insieme alla sua "Guida", un classico senza tempo, è un importante libro per chiunque voglia comprendere l'uso del colore nella fotografia. Stampa eccellente

For any serious collector of the seminal work of William Eggleston, will know that this is no mere slight brushstroke of his oeuvre. William Eggleston famously said of his approach to photography; "I am at war with the obvious". This statement seems to amplify the banal, colourful, intrinsically linked subject matter. Whether it be a ceiling, a shopping mall carpark, views from restaurant windows or bottles of soda. These recurrent themes are what draws his followers of this dissenter to his artform.An Eggleston photograph identifies every day, yet, he is at war with the obvious. A twist then, that may isolate some critics but, also support and strengthen their respective theory. That yes, the work may seem familiar and boring, but of course, they are right. He is one of many colour photographers; the list seemingly growing. Others have tried to copy his style but failed not having the required tenacity for such a thematic or, indeed a sense of the vernacular language of his photography. Just as the photographic language of Saul Leiter is a very different perspective, it is still an observation of everyday life. I've always been a fan of his colour palette, but also, I have been a fan of his early monochromatic work. However, when I view those photographs, I yearn for them to be in colour. Your sense of visual literacy becomes accustomed to a particular style, you learn to appreciate the obvious. Hence my affinity with William Eggleston, he is not an out and out documentarian in the photojournalistic vain, but he is a documentarian who has influenced many a photographer.Beyond question, his style seems to influence a middle-class English photographer in the guise of Martin Parr, who has published work of colourful cakes and indeed a book aptly titled The Non-Conformists, seems to assert the close relationship with the obvious, these photographers both share. If you're looking for a post-modernist perspective on social documentary, then this book really doesn't define itself as such. However, if you're looking for a book that gives you an insightful perspective on post-modern colour photography, and how colour highlights certain eccentricities and characteristics of southern aristocracy then this is, definitely well worth seeking out.

Fantastic book!