Alec Soth

Photographer / Bookmaker

You and Me or the Art of Give and Take.
ALLEN RUPPERSBERG

Holy information overload. One of the coolest exhibition catalogues I’ve ever seen.

Greater Atlanta.
MARK STEINMETZ

Steinmetz goes 3 for 3. Now I just wish Nazraeli would make a nice box to protect those sensitive white covers.

School.
RAIMOND WOUDA

A Technicolor teenage riot.

The Sun As Error.
SHANNON EBNER

Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear. Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right. It's all right.

Important Artifacts and Personal Property
LEANNE SHAPTON

Categorized as ‘Fiction/Graphic Novel’ by the publisher, this little book seems to have missed the photo universe entirely. But with hundreds of images by Jason Fulford and Michael Schmelling (who has his own entry on this list), this book should be categorized under ‘Narrative Photography.’

All the Days and Nights.
DOUG DUBOIS

‘Narrative Photography’ at its finest.

The Plan.
MICHAEL SCHMELLING

If your home is getting cluttered, this book could change your life. But what if your home is getting cluttered with photo books?

Summer Nights, Walking.
ROBERT ADAMS

I used to be embarrassed that the 1985 edition was one of my favorite photobooks. The book was almost too sweet and the cover was an 80s design nightmare. But there is nothing embarrassing about this reprint. Along with the incredible printing and understated cover, Adams has added some tougher pictures to the mix. Breathtaking.

Open See.
JIM GOLDBERG

Complex Goldbergian discourse on the subject of dislocation.

Protest Photographs.
CHAUNCEY HARE

I haven’t had time to wrap my head around this tome, but it only takes a quick glance to know that this book is a killer.

Alec Soth Alec Soth is a photographer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is represented by Sean Kelly in New York, Weinstein Gallery in Minneapolis, and is a member of Magnum Photos. In 2008, Soth started his own publishing company, Little Brown Mushroom.

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