"威廉•埃格斯顿（William Eggleston）的第二本艺术家书籍《视觉道德》（Morals of Visions）于1978年首次出版，限量发行15本，当时只有少数幸运的人能够获得。从那以后，它已成为一件稀有的收藏品。现在，Steidl推出的新版本将改变这种情况，这个版本将《视觉道德》作为一本面向大众的商业书籍进行了重新设计。When William Eggleston s second artist s book Morals of Visions was first published in 1978 in a limited edition of fifteen, only a handful of lucky people were able to obtain it; it has since become a collectible rarity. That is now to change with this new Steidl edition, which re-imagines Morals of Visions as a trade book for the general public.

The original Morals of Vision contains eight color coupler prints of Eggleston s archetypal still lifes, landscapes and portraits which glorify the banal and have since changed the history of color photography. There is no particular reason to search for meaning, Eggleston has said of his work in general, a sentiment in contrast with the title Morals of Vision which suggests that there are indeed principles of a kind to be learnt from the images in this book. Yet the lessons in photos including those of a broom leaning again a wall, green grain silos in the fading light, and an off-center electric candle complete with fake wax, remain Eggleston s own ironic secret.

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