Alec Soth is without question one of my favorite photographers. I find his images really calming and they have a strange aesthetic that just seems to slow time down. I can't put my finger on it but they images resonate a stillness.
Sleeping by the Mississippi:
One of his earliest publicly known pieces, Sleeping by the Mississippi was made over a number of years and doesn't actually document the river itself but instead gives a suggestion towards the flow and meandering.
Alec Soth from mn original on Vimeo.
Sleeping by the Mississippi:
One of his earliest publicly known pieces, Sleeping by the Mississippi was made over a number of years and doesn't actually document the river itself but instead gives a suggestion towards the flow and meandering.
The Last Days Of W:
Personally I'm not much of a fan of this work, but I have included because of the way it has been presented in zine. Looking at layouts and the way work looks on the page. In some senses his zine is quite unconventional, by have two images the same size on apposing pages, the viewer is forced to slow down.
Multimedia version of The Last Days Of W (good for a laugh at Bush's expense)
Broken Manual:
Again love this work. This piece is about the fantasy we all have of leaving the masses and to just live out a solitary existence. The work tells small stories of those that shy away and try to be solitary. But also tells the wider story of the small connections they have to maintain to survive and that we can't break away entirely.
Broken Manual from Little Brown Mushroom on Vimeo.
Video one came from: http://www.americansuburbx.com/2010/04/asx-tv-alec-soth-alec-soth.html
Video two came from: MagnuminMotion channel on Youtube
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