33 pounds

Got it today - but the feeling is best described by Jeff Merlmenstein's ( himself great photographer ) quote : " [ when got it ] went on to the bathroom scale without it and then with it, did the math. Roughly 33 pounds of Eggleston’s world, each page a treasure, each page an important building block and foundation to what so many photographers do today. A father, grandfather and brother he is; I am privileged to own this opus. So ahead of its time, this Democratic look, this way of photographing democratically. To quote Eggleston when asked what he had been photographing, 'I’ve been outdoors, nowhere in nothing.' 'I am at war with the obvious.' He’s serious, very serious. This set of books is permanently part of me, part of my home, part of what I will do tomorrow."—Jeff Mermelstein - See more at: http://blog.photoeye.com/2016/01/book-of-week-pick-by-jeff-mermelstein.html?m=1#sthash.Qjs3Re4R.dpuf