Alec Soth: Songbook (First Printing) [SIGNED]

SOTH, Alec

ISBN 10: 191016402X / ISBN 13: 9781910164020

Published by MACK, London, 2015

About this Item

First edition, first printing. Signed in black marker on the title page by Soth. Hardcover. Green embossed, textured and padded paper-covered boards with title stamped in brown on front cover and spine and musical score stamped in brown on rear cover; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Alec Soth. Includes a list of plates. Designed by Alec Soth and Grégoire Pujade-Lauraine. 144 pp., with 75 tritone plates. 11 x 11-1/2 inches. Published on the occasion of exhibitions at Sean Kelly Gallery (New York), Fraenkel Gallery (San Francisco), Weinstein Gallery (Minneapolis) and Loock Galerie (Berlin). New in publisher's shrink wrap (slit open for signature). From the publisher: "Known for his haunting portraits of solitary Americans in Sleeping by the Mississippi and Broken Manual, Alec Soth has recently turned his lens toward community life in the country. To aid in his search, Soth assumed the increasingly [obsolete] role of community newspaper reporter. From 2012-2014, Soth traveled state by state while working on his self-published newspaper, The LBM Dispatch, as well as on assignment for the New York Times 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. With 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, Songbook is a lyrical depiction of the tension between American individualism and the desire to be united." Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alec Soth: Songbook (First Printing) [SIGNED]
• Publisher: MACK, London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191016402X
• ISBN 13: 9781910164020
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket as issued
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Portraiture
  • Signed Books

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Synopsis

Connu pour ses portraits obsédants d'Américains solitaires dans Sleeping by the Mississippi et Broken Manual, Alec Soth a récemment tourné son objectif vers la vie communautaire dans le pays. Pour l'aider dans sa recherche, Soth a assumé le rôle de plus en plus obsolète de journaliste de journal communautaire. De 2012 à 2014, Soth a voyagé État par État tout en travaillant sur son journal auto-publié, The LBM Dispatch, ainsi qu'en mission pour le New York Times et d'autres. Du nord de l'État de New York à la Silicon Valley, Soth a assisté à des centaines de réunions, danses, festivals et rassemblements communautaires à la recherche d'une interaction humaine à l'ère des réseaux sociaux virtuels. Avec Songbook, Soth a dépouillé ces images de leur contexte d'actualité afin de mettre en évidence le désir de connexion à leur racine. Fragmentaire, drôle et triste, Songbook est une représentation lyrique de la tension entre l'individualisme américain et le désir de s'unir.