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“Untitled (Gumball Machine),” William Eggleston

David Lusk’s Wedgewood-Houston outpost started a flashy new year when it opened its 2023 calendar with Southern Image Takers back in January. The show paired William Christenberry’s overgrown and ramshackle snaps with William Eggleston’s saturated scenes from the Deep South. I’m still having flashbacks of an Eggleston-colored picture of a gumball machine from this show. Southern Image Takers was a double-barreled display by two of the region’s most iconic photographers, and a choicely curated exhibition that conjured an engaging dialogue between two icons who influenced each other’s work and lives. 

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