CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 10/26/2016

William Eggleston: The Democratic Forest

At 77, William Eggleston is "mischievous, beguiling, puzzling and fascinating, all in nearly equal measure," according to Augusten Burroughs' cover story in this week's T Magazine "Greats" issue. "He has been called a legend and an icon. He is frequently referred to as 'the godfather of color photography,' even though the sensational 1976 solo exhibit at New York’s Museum of Modern Art that established him as such was widely panned at the time. 'Critics and so forth obviously weren’t really looking at this stuff,' he says today. 'Didn’t bother me a bit. I laughed at ’em.'" A selection of images from Eggleston's monumental Democratic Forest series will be on view starting tomorrow at David Zwirner gallery. Eggleston will be signing copies of the accompanying monograph, as well as Steidl's 10 volume boxed set, tonight at The Strand to kick off STEIDL x STRAND week 2016!