William Eggleston's Nightclub Portraits.
Portraits of clobbers taken by Eggleston in 1973
These large-scale black and white photographs are being shown for the first time and represent a unique project for Eggleston. Walter Hopps writes that the portraits were taken "with an unusual 5 x 7 camera" and an umbrella flash. "With it, Eggleston could shoot in virtual darkness in the juke joints and clubs around Memphis. The portraits are offhand and spontaneous but insistently stark; their brutality is heightened by the absence of colour."
"The portraits also have a leveling effect-whether biker or debutant, the people Eggleston photographed are clearly denizens of the same realm. (He) is reminding us: look closely, each of these individuals is subtly different."
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