
A New Book Captures the Magnificent Breadth and Melancholic Beauty of Alec Soth’s Photography
In “Gathered Leaves,” the Minneapolis-based photographer revisits his work, creating a retrospective road trip across his accomplished career.
September 6, 2022
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What does it mean to revisit a photograph? When a camera shutters, it locks a moment in time, forever trapping the image it renders. That well-trod notion, however universally understood, becomes unsteady in Gathered Leaves, the latest book by the Minneapolis-based photographer Alec Soth, whose work has long documented lonely souls and fractured dreams in spaces across the United States. In Gathered Leaves, Soth revisits five of his previous books, including in its pages new notes, annotations, text excerpts, and even photographs—melding his works into a distinct and retrospective road trip across his accomplished career.
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