Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Publication Date: November 18, 2025
Language: English
Print Length: 112 pages
ISBN-10: 1644231670
ISBN-13: 978-1644231678
Item Weight: 1.49 pounds
Dimensions: 10 × 0.7 × 12.5 inches
This landmark publication brings together the final major body of William Eggleston’s photographs produced using the dye-transfer process—the very medium through which he first defined his vision.
Hailed by The Guardian as “like discovering a lost Beatles album,” the work reaffirms Eggleston’s ability to transform the everyday into images of quiet intensity and poetic ambiguity. Widely regarded as the father of color photography, he pioneered the use of dye-transfer printing in the 1970s, drawn to its unmatched richness, tonal depth, and saturated color.
Originally developed by Kodak in the 1940s, the process was discontinued in the early 1990s. With the remaining materials now exhausted, The Last Dyes stands as the final presentation of new works in this medium.
Featuring a foreword by William Eggleston III and Winston Eggleston, and an essay by Jeffrey Kastner, this volume offers key insight into a pivotal moment in photographic history.
Publisher: David Zwirner Books
Publication Date: November 18, 2025
Language: English
Print Length: 112 pages
ISBN-10: 1644231670
ISBN-13: 978-1644231678
Item Weight: 1.49 pounds
Dimensions: 10 × 0.7 × 12.5 inches
This landmark publication brings together the final major body of William Eggleston’s photographs produced using the dye-transfer process—the very medium through which he first defined his vision.
Hailed by The Guardian as “like discovering a lost Beatles album,” the work reaffirms Eggleston’s ability to transform the everyday into images of quiet intensity and poetic ambiguity. Widely regarded as the father of color photography, he pioneered the use of dye-transfer printing in the 1970s, drawn to its unmatched richness, tonal depth, and saturated color.
Originally developed by Kodak in the 1940s, the process was discontinued in the early 1990s. With the remaining materials now exhausted, The Last Dyes stands as the final presentation of new works in this medium.
Featuring a foreword by William Eggleston III and Winston Eggleston, and an essay by Jeffrey Kastner, this volume offers key insight into a pivotal moment in photographic history.
