Photographs: © William Eggleston / From Election Eve, published by Steidl - www.steidl.de
William Eggleston
The road to the White House Photographer’s road trip pays homage to the hometown of a future president
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t’s exactly 44 years since photographer William Eggleston took a fateful road trip from Memphis to the small town of Plains, the Georgia home of Jimmy Carter who would, a month later, in November 1966, become the 39th President of the United States. In sharp contrast to the insane aggression of the current election campaign that culminates (we hope) early this month, depending on Donald Trump’s acceptance of the ballot results, Eggleston’s photos of lonesome roads, train tracks, cars, gas stations and houses show an air of Southern tranquility. The images – contained in the re-release of his book Election Eve by German publisher Steidl –
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