Songbook (First edition, fourth printing)
āThis is the closest we have to an Americans for our time... CAPOLAVORO!... already hailed critically as a classic... One of the best photo books in a lonnnnng timeāĀ
Known for his haunting portraits of solitary Americans inĀ Sleeping by the MississippiĀ andĀ Broken Manual, Alec Soth has recently turned his lens toward community life in the country. To aid in his search, Soth assumed the increasingly obsolescent role of community newspaper reporter. From 2012-2014, Soth traveled state by state while working on his self-published newspaper,Ā The LBM Dispatch, as well as on assignment for theĀ New York TimesĀ and others. From upstate New York to Silicon Valley, Soth attended hundreds of meetings, dances, festivals and communal gatherings in search of human interaction in an era of virtual social networks. WithĀ Songbook, Soth has stripped these pictures of their news context in order to highlight the longing for connection at their root. Fragmentary, funny and sad,Ā SongbookĀ is a lyrical depiction of the tension between American individualism and the desire to be united.
Watch Alec Soth's Bookshelf TourĀ here.Ā
Original: $60.00
-70%$60.00
$18.00
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āThis is the closest we have to an Americans for our time... CAPOLAVORO!... already hailed critically as a classic... One of the best photo books in a lonnnnng timeāĀ
Known for his haunting portraits of solitary Americans inĀ Sleeping by the MississippiĀ andĀ Broken Manual, Alec Soth has recently turned his lens toward community life in the country. To aid in his search, Soth assumed the increasingly obsolescent role of community newspaper reporter. From 2012-2014, Soth traveled state by state while working on his self-published newspaper,Ā The LBM Dispatch, as well as on assignment for theĀ New York TimesĀ and others. From upstate New York to Silicon Valley, Soth attended hundreds of meetings, dances, festivals and communal gatherings in search of human interaction in an era of virtual social networks. WithĀ Songbook, Soth has stripped these pictures of their news context in order to highlight the longing for connection at their root. Fragmentary, funny and sad,Ā SongbookĀ is a lyrical depiction of the tension between American individualism and the desire to be united.
Watch Alec Soth's Bookshelf TourĀ here.Ā
