《花》是威廉•埃格斯顿（William Eggleston）稀有的艺术家书籍中的第三本的摹本，这本书于1978年由纽约的Caldecott Chubb首次出版，仅发行了15本。在Eggleston的许多照片中（作为孟菲斯街景和室内装饰的一部分），不可避免地出现了鲜花，树木和其他树叶，它们是他最喜欢的主题。但是在这本书中，这些平凡的绚丽多姿的鲜花成为了关注的焦点，无论是插在雕花玻璃花瓶俗气的剑兰和康乃馨花枝，还是箱型篱笆前的一朵玫瑰，还是刻着“妈妈”这个词的白色大理石坟墓上的一束孤零零的花。Flowers is a facsimile of the third of William Eggleston’s rare artist’s books, which was first published in an edition of only fifteen by Caldecott Chubb in New York in 1978. The original Flowers was a linen-bound volume with red leather spine and corners recreating the look of a photo album, and housed in a slipcase. Within its pages were twelve original chromogenic coupler prints focused on the theme of flowers. Flowers, along with trees and other foliage inevitably feature in many of Eggleston’s photos as part of the Memphis streetscapes and interiors that are his favorite motifs. But in this book the flowers take center stage in all their mundane glory―be it a kitsch spray of gladioli and carnations in a cut-glass vase, a single rose before a box hedge, or a forlorn bunch on a white marble tomb inscribed with the word “Mama.” Along with Eggleston’s Morals of Vision, also released this season, Flowers is a further chapter in Steidl’s publication of Eggleston’s artist’s books in new editions that honor the design and spirit of the originals, while exposing their contents to the wider public for the first time.