William Eggleston at the Whitney Museum

William Eggleston photographs at the Whitney Museum
(c) Eggleston Artistic Trust

Untitled, 1965-68 and 1972-74, from Los Alamos, 2003
In the 1970s, the photographer discovered dye-transfer printing, a process that has a higher degree of color saturation than other methods. "Every photograph I subsequently printed with (it) seemed fantastic and each one seemed better than the previous one," Eggleston said.

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