1960 –
Age of Post-Colonialism

William Eggleston's Red Ceiling, or Greenwood, Mississippi, 1973


William Eggleston, "Red Ceiling," or Greenwood, Mississippi, Dye transfer print,
12.625 x 19.0625 in. (32.1 x 48.4 cm), 1973 (prints in MoMA and J. Paul Getty Collection)

Speakers: Dr. Shana Gallagher-Lindsay, Dr. Beth Harris

 

 

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William Eggleston
Greenwood, Mississippi, US
1973

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