Alec Soth
Born
in Minneapolis, MN, The United States
December 30, 1969
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Sleeping by the Mississippi
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2004
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3 editions
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The Parameters of Our Cage
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2020
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4 editions
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Niagara
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2006
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From Here to There: Alec Soth's America
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2010
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Ping Pong Conversations: Alec Soth with Francesco Zanot
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2013
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8 editions
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Songbook
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2014
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7 editions
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I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating
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2019
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3 editions
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Dog Days Bogota
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2007
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6 editions
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Fashion Magazine by Alec Soth
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2007
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Broken Manual
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2012
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2 editions
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“On my first road trip after the pandemic, I had a nervous breakdown. I felt like I'd forgotten how to take pictures. To calm myself, I'd reread the advice Allen Ginsberg gave to students in the photography workshop he ran with Robert Frank:
Ordinary mind
Includes eternal perceptions.
Observe what's vivid.
Notice what you notice.
Catch yourself thinking.
Vividness is self-selecting.
Frist thought, best thought.
Subject is known by what she sees.
Others can measure their vision by what we see.
Candor ends paranoia.”
― A Pound of Pictures
Ordinary mind
Includes eternal perceptions.
Observe what's vivid.
Notice what you notice.
Catch yourself thinking.
Vividness is self-selecting.
Frist thought, best thought.
Subject is known by what she sees.
Others can measure their vision by what we see.
Candor ends paranoia.”
― A Pound of Pictures
“We all confront the parameters of our cage eventually. What we do when we reach those bars helps define us.”
― The Parameters of Our Cage
― The Parameters of Our Cage
“- Picture yourself on a surfboard. Once you find your balance, loosen your grip. Breathe. Accept that no matter how good you think you are, you will fall. Again and again.
- We take pictures not only to see, but to be seen; not only to remember, but to be remembered. But when you are surfing, it's best to forget about the people on the beach.”
― A Pound of Pictures
- We take pictures not only to see, but to be seen; not only to remember, but to be remembered. But when you are surfing, it's best to forget about the people on the beach.”
― A Pound of Pictures
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