From Here to There: Alec Soth's America-SIGNED first edition

Dyer, Geoff; Schwabsky, Barry; Salvesen, Britt; Engberg, Siri; Kleinzahler, August

ISBN 10: 0935640967 / ISBN 13: 9780935640960

Published by Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2010

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SOTH, ALEC: From Here to There: Alec Soth?s America Walker Art Center HB 2010 First Edition
ISBN 9780935640960 NEW, removed from publisher?s shrink wrap only to be signed, otherwise never opened. 224 pp., yellow printed cloth boards, no dust jacket as published. SIGNED on the half-title page, ?Alec Soth, St Paul, Mn. 2012? Includes ?The Loneliest Man in Missouri? pamphlet inserted in rear pocket. Published by the Walker Art Center in conjunction with the 2010-11 exhibition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Here to There: Alec Soth's America-SIGNED first edition
• Publisher: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0935640967
• ISBN 13: 9780935640960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 2.54W x 20.96H x 26.04D centimeters 2.54 centimeters width by 20.96 centimeters height by 26.04 centimeters depth
• Weight: 1179 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • Signed

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Synopsis

From Here to There: Alec Soth's America is the first exhibition catalogue to feature the full spectrum of the work of Alec Soth, one of the most interesting voices in contemporary photography, whose compelling images of everyday America form powerful narrative vignettes. Featuring more than 100 of the artist's photographs made over the past 15 years, the book includes new critical essays by exhibition curator Siri Engberg, curator and art historian Britt Salvesen and critic Barry Schwabsky, which offer context on the artist's working process, the photo-historical tradition behind his practice and reflections on his latest series of works. Novelist Geoff Dyer's "Riverrun"--a meditation on Soth's series Sleeping by the Mississippi--and August Kleinzahler's poem "Sleeping It Off in Rapid City" contribute to the thoughtful exploration of this body of work. Also included in the publication is a 48-page artist's book by Soth titled The Loneliest Man in Missouri, a photographic essay with short, diaristic texts capturing the banality and ennui of middle America's suburban fringes, with their corporate office parks, strip clubs and chain restaurants. This full-color publication includes a complete exhibition history, bibliography and interview with the artist by Bartholomew Ryan.
Alec Soth was born in 1969 and raised in Minnesota, where he continues to live and work. He has received fellowships from the McKnight Foundation (1999, 2004) and Jerome Foundation (2001), was the recipient of the 2003 Santa Fe Prize for Photography and was short-listed for the highly prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. His first monograph, Sleeping by the Mississippi, was published in 2004 to critical acclaim. Since then Soth has published Niagara (2006), Fashion Magazine (2007), Dog Days, Bogotá (2007) and The Last Days of W (2008). He is a member of Magnum Photos.