William Eggleston: For Now is a revelatory monograph curated by filmmaker Michael Almereyda, who spent years digitizing and searching through over 35,000 images in Eggleston’s private archive. This volume bypasses his most famous “hits” to present a vibrant, candid, and often surprising look at the artist’s prolific output from the late 1960s through the 2000s. The 87 color plates capture the spontaneous energy of the American South and beyond—portraits of friends, family, and strangers, alongside the mundane architectural details and interior clutter that define Eggleston’s visual world. The selection emphasizes the “for now” nature of photography: the fleeting, temporary quality of a moment captured in high-saturation color. Unlike his more formal retrospective books, this collection feels intimate and exploratory, revealing the raw, restless curiosity that drives one of photography’s most legendary figures.
